Cormac's Border Trilogy
Joel J. Miller at Miller's Book Review (Substack)
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Books
A collection of 327 issues
This Might Be the Best Book of the 21st Century
Look Homeward, America. Bill Kauffman. ISI Books, 2006.
Strong, deep, readable, desperate, fun. All those adjectives–even those that trip over one another–fit this book. It's such a good book, it made me want to quit writing. “If someone like Kauffman, with his erudition and talent, isn&
Read on the Run
For years, I've wanted to start the "On-the-Run Reader." It would be a Reader's Digest-type publication, but weightier and lighter. The subject matter would be more serious than RD, but the length of the "articles" (more like blurbs, quotes, summaries, and essays)
The Minotaur: Five Short Lessons About the Modern State
Revisiting de Jouvenel's 1945 classic, On Power
“the spirit of domination never slumbers”
Bertrand de Jouvenel was born in 1903 to an aristocratic family that embraced the “progressive” mores of the day. His parents divorced. His father married the famous novelist Colette in 1912. In 1920, de Jouvenel
The Fact Is, Saints Have Levitated
Daniel K. Williams at Mere Orthodoxy
How I Found Great Used Books . . . and a Dose of Grace
Except for my garden, which is a blend of hobby and post-apocalyptic planning, I don’t have any hobbies.
I have a lot of things I do occasionally, like travel, watch football, and drink at a bar. I also exercise and pray regularly. I don’t think the former rise
Six Challenging Assertions from D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature
Highlightings of D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature
Tolkien's Letters: Revised and Expanded
Isaiah Flair at University Bookman
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives, by Joseph Epstein
A Micro-Review/Essay
“I am indebted to these writers.”
Paean. Nineteen of them. An essayist removes his hat, lowers his head, and says “thanks.” The essayist convinces us these subjects are great. We then understand that the essayist is great. Like recognizes like. Max Beerbohm’s prose is difficult to
Toni Morrison's Rejection Letters
Melina Moe at the Los Angeles Review of Books