SPOTLIGHT
“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 3, 2026
SPOTLIGHT
“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The Ripper Revealed
Don’t believe the latest story on the identity of the infamous Victorian
By Hallie Rubenhold Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Mrinalini Aggarwal
As Though it Rained from Stars
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, March 25, 2019
White Like Me
How a photograph of a young girl transformed a movement
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 22, 2019
“To the Insects” by W. S. Merwin
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, March 22, 2019
Bach’s Birthday Returns
The young Bruno Maderna sought inspiration in the past
By Sudip Bose Thursday, March 21, 2019
Going With the Flow
An excerpt from Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik
By Katie Daniels Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Taking the Blame
Should all white Australians be implicated in the actions of one?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, March 20, 2019
On the Trail of Jeremiah
Robert Redford, the lure of the West, and the art of getting away
By David Gessner Monday, March 2, 2026
The Minotaur’s Muses
The romantic cruelty of a brilliant artist
By Anne Matthews Friday, February 27, 2026
“But Maybe God Needs Our Longing” by Nelly Sachs
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Musings of a Savoyard
Searching for Gilbert and Sullivan in the 21st century
By Willard Spiegelman Monday, February 23, 2026
The Carnifex of Cachtice
Shelley Puhak on the murderous legend of Elizabeth Bathory
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 20, 2026
Netflix Goes to Vietnam
When a filmmaker wanted to understand the war that changed his father, he decided to make a documentary
By Thomas A. Bass Thursday, February 19, 2026
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Plus: David Gessner meets Robert Redford, Elizabeth D. Samet talks AI and baseball, Adam Hochschild goes to Lviv, and much more
Plus: David Gessner meets Robert Redford, Elizabeth D. Samet talks AI and baseball, Adam Hochschild goes to Lviv, and much more
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
‘In the Presence of People No Longer Here’ 
Historians in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are documenting the horrors of the past while living in the shadow of war
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2026
First Love, Faded Bloom
Rereading Gone with the Wind on a trip through the South
By Joy Lanzendorfer Monday, March 2, 2026
Your Perspective or Mine?
A brief history of subjectivity
By Arthur Krystal Monday, March 2, 2026
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
‘In the Presence of People No Longer Here’
Historians in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are documenting the horrors of the past while living in the shadow of war
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2026
First Love, Faded Bloom
Rereading Gone with the Wind on a trip through the South
By Joy Lanzendorfer Monday, March 2, 2026
Your Perspective or Mine?
A brief history of subjectivity
By Arthur Krystal Monday, March 2, 2026
