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
Literary Life on the Rocks
A writer’s own ordeal highlights the banal sameness of addiction
By Domenica Ruta Monday, March 5, 2018
Galleries of the World
An interview with the Met’s Daniel H. Weiss
By Robert J. Bliwise Monday, March 5, 2018
What Is a Dog?
Friendship, faith, and love, for starters—yet our relationships with our canine companions contain many more unfathomable mysteries
By Chloe Shaw Monday, March 5, 2018
Going Dutch
In these relentlessly disruptive times, 17th-century canvases from the Netherlands can provide moments of solace and hope
By Jason Wilson Monday, March 5, 2018
Tuskegee Truth Teller
Peter Buxtun, like many medical whistleblowers, got little thanks for exposing a notorious scandal
By Carl Elliott Monday, December 4, 2017
Five Books Banned for Dubious Reasons—So You Should Definitely Read Them
Banned Books Week draws attention to free speech, intellectual freedom, and the right to quietly read a good novel
By Our Editors Monday, October 2, 2017
14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong
Relationships doomed, damned, or otherwise disappointing
By Our Editors Thursday, February 11, 2016
Spooktacular Books
Thirteen tales it would be monstrous of you to miss
By Our Editors Thursday, October 22, 2015
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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
