Death in Antarctica
Vaughan Williams’s Seventh Symphony
By Sudip Bose Thursday, July 12, 2018
Tabula Rasa
Thoughts on the birth of my son
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Kathleen Vance
Traveling Landscapes
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Hell, Yes
The long tradition of newspaper people doing their jobs in terrible circumstances
By Ernest B. Furgurson Friday, July 6, 2018
Wimbledon Unwound
The surprising sexual politics of tennis
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 6, 2018
Expanding the List
More essential American symphonies
By Sudip Bose Thursday, July 5, 2018
“The Last One” by W. S. Merwin
Poems read aloud, beautifully
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The Unjolly Green Giant
How C. F. Seabrook became the Lear of the vegetable fields
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 9, 2025
The Justice Worker
Rebecca Sandefur’s mission is to provide help to tens of millions of Americans in solving their legal problems
By Lincoln Caplan Wednesday, June 4, 2025
“In the Summer” by Nizar Qabbani
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
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By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
Visions From Jura
What the world looked like to George Orwell during his final days
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Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
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Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
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Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
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By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Who Killed the Mercy Man?
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
By Eric McHenry Monday, June 2, 2025
‘God-Knows-What-Kind-of-Classic’
Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, June 2, 2025
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