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
Sonic Geographer
The composer whose music bears witness to a planet in peril
By Sudip Bose Monday, October 5, 2020
Meet the Dean of American Cooking
How James Beard cultivated the authentic flavors of our cuisine
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 2, 2020
Mavericks at Sea
Eighty years on, Steinbeck and Rickett’s holistic view of the oceans feels more urgent than ever
By Anne Matthews Thursday, October 1, 2020
A Writer by Nature
An excerpt from World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A Splendor Wild and Terrifying
Lost in the woods, a writer confronts the duality of nature
By Mark Phillips Thursday, July 17, 2025
“Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher” by Barbara Guest
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Jeanne F. Jalandoni
Weaving past and present together
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, July 14, 2025
Michael Douglas Explains It All
Jessa Crispin on what the actor’s roles tell us about the crisis of masculinity
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 11, 2025
On (Middle-Class) Frugality
Does cutting costs mean robbing oneself of life’s small delights?
By Sierra Bellows Thursday, July 10, 2025
“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake
By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Who Killed the Mercy Man?
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
By Eric McHenry Monday, June 2, 2025
‘God-Knows-What-Kind-of-Classic’
Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, June 2, 2025
A Fight With Cudgels
Meditations on death, Goya, and the immutability of art
By Nick Lyons Monday, June 2, 2025
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake
By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Who Killed the Mercy Man?
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
By Eric McHenry Monday, June 2, 2025
‘God-Knows-What-Kind-of-Classic’
Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, June 2, 2025
A Fight With Cudgels
Meditations on death, Goya, and the immutability of art