Literature

March 29, 2021

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Christopher Sandford

Poet Laureate of Low Life

Charles Bukowski 101—why an author as famous for his drinking as for his writing is the cure for today’s schoolmarmish critics.
October 19, 2020

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Jonathan Chaves

The Art of Character

In a new collection of short stories, poet Catharine Savage Brosman bridges the all-too-human and the transcendent as only fine art can.
July 13, 2020

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Jeffrey Meyers

Theroux in Mexico

Paul Theroux has made his contribution to the collection of travel books by celebrated authors. His Mexico journey proved both troubling and inspiring.
June 8, 2020

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Titus Techera

The Wolfe of Wild Democracy

Tom Wolfe described the untamed character of America, and the inadequacy of the nation’s liberal elite, better than anyone—and we need his vision now more than ever.
April 13, 2020

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Emina Melonic

Languages of Memory

Trauma often casts memory into a “universe of oblivion,” Bosnian author Aleksandar Hemon writes. How does one re-create what has been annihilated?
March 30, 2020

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Cicero Bruce

The Ideal Teacher of Literature

If students are not taught truth derived from an order higher than the natural, they have no hope of forming their characters in light of the perennial verities.
March 23, 2020

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Paul A. Cantor

Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity

The supreme playwright was indebted to the ancient world’s heroism as well as its eroticism. Jonathan Bate’s new book gets the story half right.
November 18, 2019

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James Poulos

White Whales

When James Poulos met Marilyn Manson in the restroom of the Chateau Marmont, the conversation turned to writer Bret Easton Ellis. Heroes aren’t what they used to be.
July 15, 2019

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John P. Rossi

The Catholic Who Knew Orwell

Did a controversial biographer who attempted to portray George Orwell as a crypto-Christian know him best?
May 28, 2019

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John Rodden

“Nineteen Eighty-Four” at 70

It’s time for a utopian edition of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel.

Literature

Poet Laureate of Low Life

The Art of Character

Theroux in Mexico

The Wolfe of Wild Democracy

Languages of Memory

The Ideal Teacher of Literature

Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity

White Whales

The Catholic Who Knew Orwell

“Nineteen Eighty-Four” at 70

Moderation as Pursuit of Justice

The Nicene Myth

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