SPOTLIGHT
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
God, Can You Hear Me?
Many young evangelicals are beginning to question the packaged truths offered in megachurches
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, January 25, 2021
Amber Vittoria
Somewhere, inside the rainbow
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, January 25, 2021
The Tiger Conundrum
What to make of the complex, controversial golfing legend
By Eric Wills Saturday, January 23, 2021
Death in Papua New Guinea
Chronicling the disappearance of an entire language—and everything else that goes with it
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 22, 2021
Rage Against Reason
What Seneca could teach us about our inflamed passions
By John T. Scott and Robert Zaretsky Thursday, January 21, 2021
“You, Andrew Marvell” by Archibald MacLeish
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Birthright Citizens and Paper Sons
The complicated case of an American-born child of Chinese immigrants
By Amanda Frost Monday, January 18, 2021
The Costs of Prudentialism
Why our public-health institutions failed to stop Covid-19
By Philip Alcabes Saturday, January 16, 2021
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
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 Horses” by Ted Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 7, 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
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
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Plus: Samantha Rose Hill follows Thomas Mann to Switzerland, Michael Autrey hunts for porcini, and Megan Craig searches for stability in stone
Plus: Samantha Rose Hill follows Thomas Mann to Switzerland, Michael Autrey hunts for porcini, and Megan Craig searches for stability in stone
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Monday, December 2, 2024
The Fair Fields 
Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil
By Rosanna Warren Monday, December 2, 2024
The Art of Tuning In
Celebrating 20 years of poetry in the Scholar
By Langdon Hammer Monday, December 2, 2024
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Monday, December 2, 2024
The Fair Fields
Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil
By Rosanna Warren Monday, December 2, 2024
The Art of Tuning In
Celebrating 20 years of poetry in the Scholar
By Langdon Hammer Monday, December 2, 2024
