SPOTLIGHT

Puzzled

In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure

By Susannah Pratt Friday, July 18, 2025

SPOTLIGHT

Puzzled

In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure

By Susannah Pratt Friday, July 18, 2025

Book Reviews

Sonic Geographer

The composer whose music bears witness to a planet in peril

Portrait of the Artist

Chris Ernst

Rosies, Reimagined

Article

The Adventures of Pam and Ben

Smarty Pants Podcast

Meet the Dean of American Cooking

How James Beard cultivated the authentic flavors of our cuisine

Viral Days

A Covid Football Saturday

Will fans and townspeople be the biggest losers?

Web Essays

Mavericks at Sea

Eighty years on, Steinbeck and Rickett’s holistic view of the oceans feels more urgent than ever

Asturias Days

The Hunt

Shelf Life

A Writer by Nature

An excerpt from World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Article

A Splendor Wild and Terrifying

Lost in the woods, a writer confronts the duality of nature

Asturias Days

Flummoxed

Read Me a Poem

“Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher” by Barbara Guest

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Jeanne F. Jalandoni

Weaving past and present together

Smarty Pants Podcast

Michael Douglas Explains It All

Jessa Crispin on what the actor’s roles tell us about the crisis of masculinity

Article

On (Middle-Class) Frugality

Does cutting costs mean robbing oneself of life’s small delights?

Asturias Days

Snake in the Grass

Read Me a Poem

“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Next Line, Please

Why Go On?

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