Sarah Montague
Why you should savor the under-appreciated beauty of the American short story
Two major anthologies of short stories came out in late 2015 — “100 Years of The Best American Short Stories,” edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor, and “New American Stories,” edited by Ben Marcus. Here’s how they can help you appreciate short stories
Not losing his religion
He was the godfather of science writing. Sir Thomas Browne’s exacting observations and gorgeous prose anticipated modern science writers like Rachel Carson, Stephen Jay Gould, and Oliver Sacks. But Browne lived in the 1600s, and his way of reconciling the scriptures with science looks surprisingly like what we call “intelligent design.” Produced by Sarah Montague […]