Music to Have Revelations To
Small Fools on the band’s brand of “cosmic bardcore”
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 26, 2023
The Sound of Wood and Steel
A new exhibition explores the guitar’s power and influence in American art and life
By Steve Yarbrough Thursday, May 25, 2023
“Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Lines from the Front
Carolyn Forché on a wartime anthology of Ukrainian poetry
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 19, 2023
Knowledge Before the Fall
Sometimes you simply can’t prepare for a seemingly inevitable outcome
By Clellan Coe Thursday, May 18, 2023
“The Call” by Charlotte Mew
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 16, 2023
George’s Angels
Remembering my time with Balanchine’s dancers
By Jerome Charyn Monday, May 15, 2023
“Snow” by Louis MacNeice
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
“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
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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
