SPOTLIGHT
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
SPOTLIGHT
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
“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
“The Glow of the Night Sky” by Jaan Kaplinski
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 8, 2022
To Hell and Back
An Italian master’s unlikely depictions of Dante’s dark vision
By Graeme Wood Monday, November 7, 2022
Tulsa 2022
RJ Young on the commemoration—and commercialization—of the massacre’s centenary
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 4, 2022
Rooms With a View
A childhood in Haifa—before Israel attained statehood and just after—helped form an architect’s vision of what an ideal home should be
By Moshe Safdie Thursday, November 3, 2022
“The Windhover” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Carly Owens
Breaking with Tradition
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, October 31, 2022
For the Love of Horror
Joe Vallese collects 25 queer reflections on formative films
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 28, 2022
A Monstrous Burden
The original Godzilla illuminates the plight of Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb, but what can it say about the present, about the violence endured by Asian Americans during Covid-19?
By Claire Stanford Thursday, October 27, 2022
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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
