What to Read During the MLB Playoffs
by John WilsonHere are a few hidden gems about baseball to enrich your fervor for the game. Continue Reading »
Crimes in the Name of Freedom
by Andrew BacevichOf the several monks who taught us English, Father Allen was the easiest to relate to. Father P. was obviously gay—we used different terms in those days—which created a certain unease among boys during adolescence. As for Father G., though he was just a few years older than we were, . . . . Continue Reading »
A Cloak of Fiction
by Trevor Cribben MerrillFlannery O’Connor argued that the separation of matter and spirit, nature and grace, was fatal to the art of fiction, which requires an interest in characters, stories, and concrete details rather than problems, issues, and abstract statements. Novel-writing, she insisted, is “so very much an . . . . Continue Reading »
Lupine Lessons
by Eve TushnetThe wolves behind the fence at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, were lithe and rangy. They weren’t big. They didn’t slaver. They trotted up and down as our human guide told us charming tales of wolf-ambassadors, wild creatures who trusted their handlers enough to come out . . . . Continue Reading »
Miss Marple Returns
by John WilsonA new, charming series of short stories starring Agatha Christie's famous Miss Marple has just been released. Continue Reading »
Spare the Truth, Spoil the Child
by M. D. AeschlimanAfter a teaching career of fifty years, I agree with E. D. Hirsch that the primary problem in American public education is not the high schools, but the poorly organized, ineffective elementary school curricula, including the idiotic books of childish fiction. Continue Reading »
The Fascism Obsession
by John WilsonHere are two forthcoming books that are worth reading not only for themselves but also for the larger conversations they represent. Continue Reading »
Liberal Literature
by Mark BauerleinAndrew Zwerneman joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Life We Have Together: A Case for Humane Studies, A Vision for Renewal. Continue Reading »
Fiction and Friendship
by John WilsonFor reasons I haven’t been able to figure out, friendship—deep, genuine friendship—gets short shrift in contemporary fiction. The Chet & Bernie books are wonderful exceptions, and I am immensely grateful for them. Continue Reading »
Paradise Here and Now
by Samira KawashThe resurgent nationalisms of recent decades have been one response to the homogenizing impulses of globalization—but nation is not the solution to homelessness in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane. Continue Reading »
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