“The Flower-School” by Rabindranath Tagore
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Viki Eagle
Reframing Native Creativity
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, April 3, 2023
The Art of Doing Nothing Much, Together
Sheila Liming on the importance of chillaxing
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 31, 2023
“Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Our Pragmatic Present
There is no prescribed meaning or purpose to our lives—and that’s okay
By John Kaag Monday, March 27, 2023
Cherry Blossom Bonanza
Naoko Abe on how an English eccentric saved Japan’s beloved cherry trees—and spread them around the world
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 24, 2023
On the Record, At Last
My father never got to tell his story at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg—it’s taken decades for the truth to come out
By George Anders Thursday, March 23, 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
