What We’ve Been Reading—May 2020
by EditorsMark Bauerlein on Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind and Veronica Clarke on Xavier de Maistre's A Journey Around My Room. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—April 2020
by EditorsWhen I was a teacher I would advise students to read dead writers. “Let time be your editor.” Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—March 2020
by EditorsOur thoughts on the books we've been reading. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—February 2020
by EditorsMary VanderGoot’s Broken Glass was my nighttime reading last month. Continue Reading »
Patterns of Piety
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows reflect on Vittoria Colonna and contemporary fiction. Continue Reading »
On Hot Takes and Hohenstaufen Emperors
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows reflect on Ernst Kantorowicz's Frederick the Second and Newman's views on journalism. Continue Reading »
Dynamics of Disembodiment
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows reflect on Lenten themes in Sophocles and Babette's Feast. Continue Reading »
James and Melville, Two American Minds
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows discuss Moby-Dick and Henry James's New York. Continue Reading »
On Max Weber and Milton
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows discuss Milton's love sonnets and Max Weber on the spirit of capitalism. Continue Reading »
What We've Been Reading—2.17.17
by EditorsMark Bauerlein: Reading the 1991 novel A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin (a contributor to this month's magazine) is like going back to the great works of the 19th century. Like Sir Walter Scott's historical novels, it takes place amidst events events that changed the course of human affairs, in this case, World War I, but remains vividly focused on one character's fate. Continue Reading »
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