A History in Bridges
Megan Hamilton retells stories of her small town through some of its least-noticed structures.
Megan Hamilton retells stories of her small town through some of its least-noticed structures.
Charles A. Gillespie finds dramatic clues to make our time together meaningful in dialogue with Hans Urs von Balthasar and theater.
Jo-Ann Badley asks whether N. T. Wright’s historical method can be foundational for his eschatological vision.
Chelsea Sinclair Williams suggests that we put history in its place.
Michael Jimenez argues for reading Latin American literature to learn history.
The classicist Gavin Richardson looks at walls in late Roman propaganda and what they have to tell us in the Age of Trump.
Rita Willett remembers the old Saint Louis City Hospital and realizes that some things really haven’t changed.
Poet Maryann Corbett reminds us of the “cost and pain” of beauty.
Earlier this week, I had the good fortune to attend a lecture by the preeminent music scholar (and frequent NY Times contributor) Richard Taruskin. Taruskin was on campus as part of a weekend-long conference which commemorated the centenary of Stravinsky’s (in)famous ballet The Rite of Spring, but his lecture this morning commemorated a slightly different […]