“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe by Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
What Is It Good For?
How the American military went from defense to offense
By James Webb Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War By Andrew J. Bacevich
Socrates' Mistake
The philosopher’s view of knowledge—forever demanding explanations, justifications, definitions, and criteria—is fantasy, and a dangerous fantasy
By George Watson Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Battle of Anacostia
The bonus army and its unexpected legacy
By Robert S. McElvaine Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Bonus Army: An American Epic By Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen
A Standard Oil Childhood
Oil refeneries, sand dunes, and other objects of beauty and affection
By Thomas H. Rogers Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Big Roundup
John Lomax roamed the West, collecting classic songs from the cowboy era
By Ted Gioia Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Glue Is Gone
The things that held us together as individuals and as a people are being lost. Can we find them again?
By Edward Hoagland Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Thoreau’s Landscape Within
How he came to know nature, and through it came to know himself
By Kent C. Ryden Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Natural Life: Thoreau’s Worldly Transcendentalism By David M. Robinson
