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
Marathon Man
When it comes to athletic records, what was once thought impossible is now imaginable
By Eric Wills Friday, September 21, 2018
Shifting Sands
We’re almost out of this tiny grain—and we’re only now beginning to pay attention
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 21, 2018
Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times
A video teaser for Alan Walker’s new biography
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, September 20, 2018
A Requiem of One’s Own
Stravinsky’s late 12-tone masterpiece
By Sudip Bose Thursday, September 20, 2018
Professor Raskolnikov at the Lectern
14 fictional characters who wouldn’t do anything by the book
By Our Editors Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Checkmate
In chess, as in life, there are no guarantees
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 19, 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
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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
