Orestes Brownson: The Prized Convert
Part II of a Five-Part Series
Biography
Orestes Brownson: The Inflammatory Public Philosopher
Part III of a Five-Part Series
Orestes Brownson: Pioneer Catholic
Part V of a Five-Part Series
‘Eliot After “The Waste Land”’ Review: As Prufrock Grew Old
From The Wall Street Journal
Joseph Bottum and Postmodernism
I frequently wondered what happened to Jody Bottum. I hear he was forced out of First Things after Fr. Neuhaus died. Wikipedia says it was an argument over funding and the direction of the journal. I've liked to speculate it's because he wrote a surprising piece
Philip Seymour Hoffman's Rare Talent
From City Journal
A Tribute to Washington Irving
From City Journal
Dreiser, Cather, Stevens
From The Tablet
‘Metaphysical Animals’ and ‘The Women Are Up to Something’: A Philosophy of Their Own
From the Wall Street Journal
Joseph Epstein's Four Volumes of Mini-Biographies
Joseph Epstein's four volumes of literary mini-biographies:
Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing (1985)
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives (1989)
Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life (1993)
Life Sentences: Literary Essays (1997)