Memories of Chevreuse
May 17, 2024
Patrick Modiano— Leaving Chevreuse, there’s a bend in the road, then a narrow tree-lined highway. After a few miles, the entrance to a village, and soon you were running alongside… READ MORE
May 17, 2024
Patrick Modiano— Leaving Chevreuse, there’s a bend in the road, then a narrow tree-lined highway. After a few miles, the entrance to a village, and soon you were running alongside… READ MORE
May 15, 2024
Chronicles of a Village by Nguyễn Thanh Hiện, the author’s first work to be translated into English, is an incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of… READ MORE
May 14, 2024
Benjamin D. R. Hellings— As custodian and curator of the Yale University Art Gallery’s numismatic collection, I have the responsibility to oversee approximately 200,000 objects: coins, medals, tokens, bank notes,… READ MORE
May 13, 2024
Alexandra Stark— On October 8, 2016, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition struck a crowded funeral hall in Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 140 people and wounding an additional 600,… READ MORE
May 9, 2024
It needs to be said that, unlike some more recent cultures, the joy-loving and disarmingly honest ancient Greeks did not believe that suffering ennobled, educated, or improved the character of… READ MORE
May 6, 2024
Sophus Helle— Authors in antiquity knew from prolonged experience the labor that is needed to carry a text through time. Books do not move across centuries on their own. They… READ MORE
May 3, 2024
Space has fascinated authors, scientists, storytellers, and children alike. From a brief history of the moon to a collection of diverse stories connected to the stars, our Space Day reading… READ MORE
May 2, 2024
Richard Sieburth— Autobiography and autofiction are all the rage in France, viz. Annie Ernaux’s recent Nobel Prize. Anticipating this trend, ex-surrealist Michel Leiris devoted much of his literary career to… READ MORE
April 30, 2024
Peter Burke— Since the 1990s, a new kind of history has been flourishing: the history of knowledge—or better, the history of different kinds of knowledge, knowledges in the plural. Turning… READ MORE
In this episode, British architect Charles Holland explores the methods and importance of experiencing architecture in our everyday lives, the subject of his new book, How to Enjoy Architecture: A… READ MORE