Sickness of the Mind, Triumph of the Soul
Dostoevsky at the pinnacle of modern literature.
literature
Faerie Godfather
The Faerie Queene is a continuous practice of thinking about aesthetic, moral, and philosophical issues.
Correspondence, Fall 2020
Love and Death
From Crusoe to Comics
If the novel doesn’t flourish, then our era is a purposeless one, and life a random course of ups and downs.
A Romance in Spite of Itself
Normal People puts a postmodern twist on a classic tale of passion.
In Plague Time
Reading of pandemics past.
Comfortably Numb
The only thing more frightening than annihilation is the possibility that our decadent society could coast on forever.
Canon Fodder
Multiculturalism has never made sense on its own terms.
Ideology and the Pulitzers
It's time for new prizes.
Our Bookless Future
It won’t be long before all living memory of a time before the personal computer is gone.
Everlasting Youth
The callow genius of Percy Bysse Shelley.
