SPOTLIGHT

The Weight of a Stone

Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology

By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025

SPOTLIGHT

The Weight of a Stone

Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology

By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025

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“I Have So Often Dreamed of You” by Robert Desnos

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

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The Alchemy of Ice

Smarty Pants Podcast

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Michelle Gallen talks about her new novel, Ireland in the 1990s, and finding your way in a bombed-out town

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Asturias Days

Comer de Cuchara

Read Me a Poem

“what the mirror said” by Lucille Clifton

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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The Forgotten Radical

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The Road to Paradise and Back

Fires in the West, hurricanes in the East—what it’s like on the ground as we confront our rapidly changing world

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The Corals and the Capitalist

The key to avoiding an ecological catastrophe might be found in the wealth of nations and the spirit of innovation

Asturias Days

New Year, Old Year

Read Me a Poem

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Smarty Pants Podcast

The Snow Maiden

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Ho Ho Horror

Why not make this Christmas a little darker?

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A Story for Christmas

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“Snow” by Louis MacNeice

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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The Diagnostician of Despair

Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin

Asturias Days

Such as It Is

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