“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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
“Touch Me” by Stanley Kunitz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Portrait of a Marriage in Six Homes
The places that sheltered my life with Shirley
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, February 14, 2022
Never Take Hope From the Patient
Sometimes the best treatment includes a healthy dose of optimism, even when it’s not warranted
By Patrick Tripp Saturday, February 12, 2022
Ode to Antwerp
Michael Pye on the golden age of the city
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 11, 2022
“Love After Love” by Derek Walcott
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Hoping for Recovery
The long struggle to explain and treat drug dependency
By Charlotte Bismuth Monday, February 7, 2022
Christy Matson
Picking Up the Thread
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, February 7, 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
