Literature as equipment for living
What if we were to think of literature and the other arts as a kind of repository of habitus, a motley collection of practices and strategies? “Motley” because ...
Tag: Alan Jacobs
The Best of 2020: Top 5 Nonfiction
A totally nonscientific, off the cuff, Top 5 nonfiction books I read (not necessarily published in) in 2020
Me in the University Bookman on Breaking Bread with the Dead
Mental Anchors for Information Overload – my review of Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs
Shaming the Devil by Alan Jacobs
The essays read not as lectures but as conversations exploring interesting topics with a very well read friend.
A Visit to Vanity Fair by Alan Jacobs
These perceptive moral essays crackle with wit, intelligence, and a wide range of knowledge.
You can have enlightenment for ninepence but you prefer ignorance
“You can have enlightenment for ninepence but you prefer ignorance.” That’s you. You can do better, and God help your sorry-ass soul if you don’t try.