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A collection of 329 issues

Friday

Mini-Review Studies in Classic American Literature by D. H. Lawrence (1923). Choice quote: “I should think the American admiration of five-minutes tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.” Yeah, I know: D. H. Lawrence among Catholic

Thursday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Wednesday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Tuesday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Monday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Tuesday

Letters to Children Fiction is not a waste of time and it's not an escape from reality. Good fiction serves many useful purposes, such as instilling a sense of how to tell a story and how to write. But I am mostly interested in good fiction because it

Saturday

Best Vocalist While drinking and enjoying some old tunes late yesterday afternoon, I pondered this question: Who's the greatest pop/rock male vocalist of the 20th century? Jim Reeves? Marty Robbins? Johnny Mathis? Sam Cooke? Roy Orbison? I'm talking about pure singing talent, not most popular,

Wednesday

Seneca and Well-Tried Authors Nassim Taleb's new book apparently has a section about Seneca. From the Econtalk podcast that I wrote about on Monday [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/taleb_on_antifr.html]: > [W]hen I read the best expository of Stoicism, the best two

Monday

Like Waiting for Godot? If there is any literary merit to The Adventures of Beer Man, it came from my close study of Flannery O'Connor's Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose. It's a great book for the fiction writer. I would lend you my copy,

Thursday

Modern Library Rankings My son, Jack, is trying to read the greatest works of modern fiction. I got him started with Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, The Sound and the Fury, Wise Blood, etc. Those were obvious. In order to find more options, I googled "