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: Literature
The Real Mary Poppins, How Foucault Won the Right & the Children’s Table of Literature
As I attempt to get back on the blogging horse so to speak, what better than that classic of blogging days past, the link collection post?
A Visit to Vanity Fair by Alan Jacobs
These perceptive moral essays crackle with wit, intelligence, and a wide range of knowledge.
Stop Being Content with J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
Gerald Russello: It’s Time for Conservatives to Stop Being Content with J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
The elemental beauty and depth that can be found only in great works of literature.
I’m still not above watching vapid reality shows about meth-addicted Tiger tamers. Nor am I dismissive of the compelling fare we find on streaming media — we ar...
Everything is Its Own Reward by Paul Madonna
I was enthralled by this interesting blend of drawing and text from the start and finished it that day and promptly handed it over to my artist wife for her tur...