SPOTLIGHT
“Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 19, 2024
SPOTLIGHT
“Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming
Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 15, 2024
The Patron Subjects
Who were the Wertheimers, the family that sat for a dozen of John Singer Sargent’s paintings?
By Jean Strouse Thursday, November 14, 2024
“A Prayer for My Daughter” by W. B. Yeats
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Heart of Semi-Darkness
A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors
By Tim Carman Thursday, November 7, 2024
“To David, About His Education” by Howard Nemerov
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Imagined Cuisines
Anya von Bremzen on what makes a “national dish”
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 23, 2023
Night Vision
On finding comfort and purpose in the dark
By Tamara Dean Thursday, June 22, 2023
“Morning Swim” by Maxine Kumin
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 20, 2023
What Could Be Wurst?
Jamie Loftus on the wild American world of hot dogs
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 16, 2023
The Whole World in His Hands
What a digital restoration of the most expensive painting ever sold tells us about beauty, authenticity, and the fragility of existence
By David Stromberg Thursday, June 15, 2023
“The Portrait” by Stanley Kunitz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 13, 2023
current issue
Plus: Augustine Sedgewick makes a new discovery about Thoreau, Joseph Horowitz brings Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler together, and Debra Spark cries foul … ball
Plus: Augustine Sedgewick makes a new discovery about Thoreau, Joseph Horowitz brings Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler together, and Debra Spark cries foul … ball
Anchoring Shards of Memory
We don’t often associate Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler, but both
composers mined the past to root themselves in an unstable present
By Joseph Horowitz Monday, September 9, 2024
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Anchoring Shards of Memory
We don’t often associate Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler, but both
composers mined the past to root themselves in an unstable present
By Joseph Horowitz Monday, September 9, 2024
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City