Darryl Sterk on Translating Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Ocean

Translator Darryl Sterk reflects on the linguistic and cultural challenges of translating Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Ocean into English.

July 17, 2019

Book Excerpt! Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events

“A personal, firsthand tour through one of the great scientific revolutions of the past several centuries, from a major contributor to that revolution.” ~Daniel Davis, Stony Brook University This week we’re featuring Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of...

March 29, 2019

Media Roundup: Biographies, Memoirs, and Letters About Women in History

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring books about women. From collections of letters to biographies to one story about a Manchu princess turned spy, each work highlights the achievement and power of womanhood and the female...

July 24, 2015

On Grief: Poems by Alexandra Butler, author of "Walking the Night Road"

Read a curated selection of poems by Alexandra Butler, author of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF.

July 23, 2015

Memories of Robert Butler

Read an excerpt from WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 23, 2015

The Surgery

Read an excerpt from the beginning of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 22, 2015

Coming of Age in Grief

Read an excerpt from the beginning of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, a memoir by Alexandra Butler.

July 21, 2015

Experts on Aging, Dying as They Lived

Read an article by Alexandra Butler, author of WALKING THE NIGHT ROAD: COMING OF AGE IN GRIEF, that originally appeared in The New York Times Opinionator blog, The End.