In a post at American Times, E.D. writes: It’s the same in politics: conservatives aren’t so much...
J.L. Wall
J.L. Wall is a native Kentuckian in self-imposed exile to the Midwest, where he teaches writing to college students and over-analyzes Leonard Cohen lyrics.
Maybe this would be otherwise if I’d followed the discussions around here of Charles Murray’s Coming Apart thesis...
I wrote, some time ago, that Grant becomes the hero of Shelby Foote’s Civil War because “he...
Rhetoric can reveal an unconscious trope moving — or maybe just stirring itself awake — within a...
At Literary Commentary, D.G. Myers engages Victor Davis Hanson’s question: Why read fiction anymore? He agrees it...
Because I’m behind the times (the Internet times, that is—they move so fast and I’m already stuck...
Not long ago, David Cameron delivered a speech extolling the continuing cultural relevance of the King James...
Marilynne Robinson, doing what she does [NYT], talks about books, writing, and the Bible — as well as...
As part of two weeks of strips about the wind-down of American troops in Iraq, Garry Trudeau...
Though I’m somewhat more moved by the loss of Paula Hyman, an historian with a different, but...
I just spent six and a half hours driving — the sun somehow in my face while...
Now I know that you’re sitting there deep in your velvet seats and you’re thinking “Uh,...
Daniel Mendelsohn offers commentary on the problems and practice of translation not unrelated to the discussion held...
William Brafford wonders about the meaning behind the rise of the anti-hero in the television shows favored...
“Which translation do you prefer?” has spent the past half-decade climbing my list of least-favorite questions. While...
Ta-Nehisi writes: When I think of Django Unchained all I see are rape scenes and scowling dudes. One of...
Spending too much time in synagogue on a given day (or in a given week) sets your...
(This post contains spoilers for various seasons of Mad Men. Read at your own risk, but, I...
Via Andrew, a new Way-Too-Soon general election snapshot: Obama now leads Texas Governor Rick Perry, the frontrunner in...
If so, then perhaps this recording of Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”...
