SPOTLIGHT
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
“The Rumination of Rivers” by William Bronk
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Wartime Echoes
Shakespeare and the news from Ukraine
By Sara Mansfield Taber Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Found in Translation
An Iranian emigrant finds solace in Western literature
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, March 7, 2022
The Plot to Kill de Gaulle
Fred Zinnemann’s “clock management” in The Day of the Jackal
By David Lehman Saturday, March 5, 2022
Normalized Abortion
Tamara Dean on the surprising parallels between 19th- and 21st-century reproductive health
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 4, 2022
Safer Than Childbirth
Abortion in the 19th century was widely accepted as a means of avoiding the risks of pregnancy
By Tamara Dean Friday, March 4, 2022
Searching for Tommy and Rosie
What my mother’s diaries told me about her life and my own
By Mike Rose Thursday, March 3, 2022
“The Horses” by Ted Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 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
