SPOTLIGHT
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
SPOTLIGHT
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
Jeanne Lorenz
Evaporating Pigments
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, October 1, 2018
Threepenny Thriller
An 18th-century thief gets a 21st-century update
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 28, 2018
“Poetry” by Marianne Moore
Listen to the inaugural entry in our new series of poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Thursday, September 27, 2018
The Lonely Heath at Twilight
Gustav Holst, Thomas Hardy, and a musical portrait of a timeless place
By Sudip Bose Thursday, September 27, 2018
Spring, 1988
Time does nothing to lessen the pain of sexual assault
By Chloe Shaw Wednesday, September 26, 2018
A Sad Story
Sometimes good faith and hard work are not rewarded
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 26, 2018
“Guests” by Celia Thaxter
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Kinship and Contradictions
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz on the complexities of Native American identity
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 13, 2024
Verde
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
By Jesse Lee Kercheval Thursday, December 12, 2024
“Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Katie Heller Saltoun
Tenderness and grit
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, December 9, 2024
current issue
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
