SPOTLIGHT
“The Return” by Philip Levine
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 14, 2026
SPOTLIGHT
“The Return” by Philip Levine
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 14, 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
“Curtains” by Ruth Stone
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Laylah Ali
Two-dimensional humanity
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, February 16, 2026
Gilded Guilt
On Taylor Swift, Julian Fellowes, and the class conflicts that never die
By Jessa Crispin Friday, February 13, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
A new cardiovascular drug may be revolutionary, but what we really need is more quality time with our doctors
By Jay Neugeboren Thursday, February 12, 2026
“The Temple Road” by Lynette Roberts
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 10, 2026
How the West Won
A great Texas novelist whose message succumbed to myth
By Steven G. Kellman Friday, April 10, 2026
First Love, Faded Bloom
Rereading Gone with the Wind on a trip through the South
By Joy Lanzendorfer Thursday, April 9, 2026
“Only Voice Remains” by Forugh Farrokhzad
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Hue and Cry
Kory Stamper on the weird ways we define color
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 3, 2026
Words, Words, Words
How artists turned the canon against congressional inquisitors
By Brooke Kroeger Thursday, April 2, 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
Your Perspective or Mine?
A brief history of subjectivity
By Arthur Krystal Thursday, March 12, 2026
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
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
Your Perspective or Mine?
A brief history of subjectivity
By Arthur Krystal Thursday, March 12, 2026
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
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
