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Author: Kevin Holtsberry

I work in communications and public affairs. I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can while still spending time with my wife and two kids (and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Michigan Wolverines during football season).
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Wharton vs Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age Novel

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Wharton’s novel was little appreciated in its time, and it hasn’t benefited from the same revival of interest that eventually rescued F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The ...

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Yuval Levin on The Path Back From Conspiracy

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

We should criticize elites for failing to live up to professional and institutional standards, not dismiss those standards as a sham. We should demand integrity...

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Me in the University Bookman on Breaking Bread with the Dead

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Mental Anchors for Information Overload – my review of Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs

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The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Perhaps not surprisingly given the continued improvement book to book, I found book four a satisfying conclusion to the series. It was a happy ending of sorts b...

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The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

The books in this series keep getting better. Each book builds on the previous; more history revealed, more surprises, more depth to the characters, etc.

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A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A somewhat rambling portrait of small town New Hampshire through the lens of a group of libertarians seeking very limited government/interference and the habits...

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