SPOTLIGHT
“The Horses” by Ted Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 7, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
“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
“Snow” by Louis MacNeice
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 24, 2024
“Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Rhyme, Not Repetition
All that’s past isn’t necessarily present
By Jon Zobenica Monday, July 8, 2024
The Next New Thing
In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before
By Witold Rybczynski Thursday, July 4, 2024
“Daybreak in Alabama” by Langston Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Turning the World to Powder
Jay Owens on the tiny particles that float through our lives
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 28, 2024
A Terrifying Delight
Following Robert Frost into the depths
By Mark Edmundson Thursday, June 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
