SPOTLIGHT
“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, February 1, 2019
Indonesia and the West
From Debussy to Lou Harrison
By Sudip Bose Thursday, January 31, 2019
Make Social Media Great Again
… Or at least tolerable
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Of Poets and a President
Was Walt Whitman right when he said that America’s “common referee” is not its presidents but its poets?
By James McWilliams Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Unimposing Little Gems
Russell Baker was a columnist’s columnist
By Ernest B. Furgurson Monday, January 28, 2019
Susan E. Crowell
Sculpting Pollen
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, January 28, 2019
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, January 25, 2019
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 31, 2025
“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Paige Ledom
Out of the ordinary
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, January 27, 2025
The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend
How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths
By Janna Malamud Smith Friday, January 24, 2025
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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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
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 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
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 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
