Toni Morrison's Rejection Letters
Melina Moe at the Los Angeles Review of Books
Topic
Books
A collection of 328 issues
How to be a Holy Drunk
A few notes on Sebastian Flyte
The early pages of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited describe the drunken antics of students Lord Sebastian Flyte and Charles Ryder (the narrator). Ryder makes the later observation that he “got drunk often, but through an excess of high spirits, in the love
Four Levels of Literature to Form a Healthy Worldview
Ideas bloom like plants. Good plants begin with good soil
"Introducing a Person Who Needs No Introduction . . ."
My inadvertent love affair with book introductions. Plus a dozen introduction recommendations.
Eight Astonishing Facts about The Brothers Karamazov
Plus Six Unverified Facts and Five Interesting Facts
A Magisterial Appreciation for a Magisterial Effort: Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
Nathan Payne at The Lamp
Six Observations from a Habsburg Sympathizer
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn might have been the world's most fascinating man
The Quest for Community at 70
Brad Birzer at University Bookman
Ten Totally Impractical Observations about Life that You Need to Hear
I don't think Fr. Schall knew it, but his book is a relentless celebration of the right hemisphere.
This is Your Brain on Books
Elyse Graham at Public Books