“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
Good and Angry
The uses of rage in antiracist struggles
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 7, 2022
A Crash Course
The myth surrounding my beloved Aunt Myrtle only grew when she moved down South in the 1940s
By Kenneth A. McClane Thursday, January 6, 2022
Force of Nature
The durable, granitic Joan Didion
By Anne Matthews Tuesday, January 4, 2022
“No One Has Taken Anything Away” by Marina Tsvetaeva
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Joan Didion and the Magic of Grief
She went from cool customer to recorder of her own bereavement
By Sandra M. Gilbert Monday, January 3, 2022
Bella Wattles
A Slice of (Still) Life
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, January 3, 2022
“Vultures” by Chinua Achebe
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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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
