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
Under the Passaic Falls
Photographing an abandoned community
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, June 4, 2018
In the Labyrinth of #MeToo
Addressing sexual aggression and power in contemporary society also means questioning what the feminist movement has really been about
By Sandra M. Gilbert Monday, June 4, 2018
The Traveler in a Shrinking World
Four questions on the future of world travel
By Jeffrey Tayler Monday, June 4, 2018
Robben Island Days
A South African leader’s jailhouse correspondence during apartheid
By Douglas Foster Monday, June 4, 2018
Monstrous Achievement
Two hundred years on, a writer’s cautionary tale still captivates
By Valerie Martin Monday, June 4, 2018
Working for Bobby
Fifty years ago, I campaigned for RFK for president, and was nearby when the dream died with him
By Steven L. Isenberg Monday, June 4, 2018
The Times They Are a-Changin’
In the music industry, pushing for gender equality is key
By Katy Kelleher Monday, June 4, 2018
The End of Liberalism
What happens when public opinion is diminished and popular sentiment is aroused
By John Lukacs Monday, June 4, 2018
A Life’s Work Gone to Seed
The lost cultivations of an often overlooked colonial scientist
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Monday, June 4, 2018
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
