SPOTLIGHT

“I Have Had My Vision”

Three prompts

By David Lehman Friday, November 22, 2024

SPOTLIGHT

“I Have Had My Vision”

Three prompts

By David Lehman Friday, November 22, 2024

Book Reviews

Rhyme, Not Repetition

All that’s past isn’t necessarily present

Essays

The Next New Thing

In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before

Asturias Days

Hot and Cold

Read Me a Poem

“Daybreak in Alabama” by Langston Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Jane Skafte

The language of trees

Smarty Pants Podcast

Turning the World to Powder

Jay Owens on the tiny particles that float through our lives

Web Essays

A Terrifying Delight

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Asturias Days

The Scales

Read Me a Poem

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Poems read aloud, beautifully

Web Essays

The Baritone as Democrat

How Lawrence Tibbett prophesied the Metropolitan Opera crisis of today

Asturias Days

Échame la Culpa

Read Me a Poem

“Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Kat Wiese

Taking flight

Smarty Pants Podcast

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Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things

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The Patron Subjects

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Asturias Days

All in Your Head

Read Me a Poem

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Poems read aloud, beautifully

Web Essays

My Cousin Manya

One survivor’s story

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