SPOTLIGHT
Above the River of Your Longing
Two new prompts
By David Lehman Thursday, January 16, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
Above the River of Your Longing
Two new prompts
By David Lehman Thursday, January 16, 2025
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
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 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
“Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words” by Mahmoud Darwish
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Washing Feet in Dolpo
On a medical mission at the top of the world, finding a healing dose of cheerful stoicism
By William deBuys Monday, June 7, 2021
Jennifer Hudnell
Painting with Paper
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, June 7, 2021
Raising Mank
The Academy Award–winning film about the making of Citizen Kane is really a window into the tumultuous, brutal side of Hollywood’s golden age
By Jerome Charyn Saturday, June 5, 2021
Eat, Pray, Love Like an Ancient
Why we should care about Epicurus
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 4, 2021
E Pluribus Unum?
Our national identity has always been hotly contested
By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Thursday, June 3, 2021
Rewilding Our Minds
Why nature is so necessary during the pandemic—and how we repay the debt
By Lucy Jones Wednesday, June 2, 2021
“Sunflower Sutra” by Allen Ginsberg
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 1, 2021
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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
