Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Not-So-Shaggy Dog Story
Heart of Barknessby spencer quinnforge, 299 pages, $25.99 Our story begins with a recent piece by novelist…
What Should I Read?
Friend: I have a little time for reading this summer—what should I read? [Waves hand at the…
Trump Among Evangelicals
It’s a widely cited statistic: 81 percent of evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. The thrice-married, trash-talking, wheeling-dealing…
Summer Reading
Me: A couple of weeks ago, when the Summer Reading extravaganza of the New York Times Book…
Post-Apocalyptic
Children, children, don’t get old. You’ll find yourself waking up in the middle of the night and…
Love in the Academic Ruins
The English Department is sick unto death. The signs are all there: an aging tenured professoriate; a…
A Christian Gentleman in the Nation’s Capital
On May 8, the Library of Congress and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted a…
Chimpanzee Disaster
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dreamby carson vaughanlittle a, 266 pages, $24.95 For two decades,…
Epithalamium
October 20, 2007 Dear Lynn, I haven’t met you yet, and yet, Because of your groom’s frank…
Les Murray, Dissident Poet
Les Murray, who died at age 80 on April 29, has been called Australia’s greatest poet, but…
Provocateur at Work
Another Kingdom: Book 1by andrew klavanturner, 335 pages, $29.99 Summon to mind the image of John Cleese…
A Certain Idea of France
De Gaulleby julian jacksonharvard, 928 pages, $39.95 Using pick handles and rifle butts, the police force of…
Mary of Bethany
In Bethany, as Jesus dines with friends,And Martha sees to it that all are fed,Her sister to…
How Jane Austen Played Baseball
Pastime Lost:The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseballby david blocknebraska, 298 pages, $29.95…
Sketches of Native America
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Presentdavid treuerriverhead, 512 pages, $28.00 In…
