John Wilson

These are the books that swam most readily into consciousness. Continue Reading »

If you have on your gift-list for Christmas any bookish men or women, then Ear Training would make a splendid gift.  Continue Reading »

Writing a column is a strange, many-sided enterprise and a privilege. Continue Reading »

Our mom and grandma had instilled in us a faith, trusting that we are ultimately in God’s hands. Continue Reading »

I treasure one recurring experience of assembling these puzzles. Continue Reading »

The future quickly becomes the past. Continue Reading »

I finished David J. Helfand’s The Universal Timekeepers in awe not only of his learning, but also the whole enterprise of science that his book represents. Continue Reading »

I do hope you’ll find at least one title I mention worth looking into. Books about Trump and current politics? Nah, not interested.  Continue Reading »

Why isn’t there any publication covering the world of books and publishing from a perspective quite different from that of our ideological masters? Now especially, this would be an indispensable resource. Continue Reading »

The inspiration for this column is one of the most wonderfully strange books I’ve encountered in a lifetime of reading (strange and a bit melancholy), John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa. Continue Reading »