The Fact Is, Saints Have Levitated
Daniel K. Williams at Mere Orthodoxy
Topic
Books
A collection of 334 issues
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
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
Toni Morrison's Rejection Letters
Melina Moe at the Los Angeles Review of Books
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