SPOTLIGHT

Queen of the Night

Leigh Ann Henion embraces the creatures that light up the dark

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 20, 2024

SPOTLIGHT

Queen of the Night

Leigh Ann Henion embraces the creatures that light up the dark

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 20, 2024

Article

Teach the Conflicts

It’s natural—and right—to foster
disagreement in the classroom

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The Source

Read Me a Poem

“Snake” by D. H. Lawrence

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Jason Middlebrook

Tree rings in time

Article

Others

Too many people in the world isn’t the problem—people are the problem

Charles Ives at 150

The Sound of the Picturesque

Charles Ives and the Visual

Charles Ives at 150

Battle Hymns

Charles Ives and the Civil War

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Cancer

Read Me a Poem

“The Bird of Night” by Randall Jarrell

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Smarty Pants Podcast

Ordinary Madness

Kate Summerscale on the fixations and fears that make us human

Article

The Degradation Drug

A medication prescribed for Parkinson’s and other diseases can transform a patient’s personality, unleashing heroic bouts of creativity or a torrent of shocking, even criminal behavior

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The Vocabulary Problem

Read Me a Poem

“Unending Love” by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Jackie Milad

Our Historied Selves

Smarty Pants Podcast

Know Your Earworm

Susan Rogers on figuring out why you love your favorite songs

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Bad Jew

Reckoning with a heritage as painfully distant as it is impossible to lose

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The Stalker

Article

Averted Vision

Seeing the world anew in the aftermath of family tragedy, through the lenses of physics and theology

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