A Magisterial Appreciation for a Magisterial Effort: Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
Nathan Payne at The Lamp
Topic
Books
A collection of 334 issues
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
Pixel v. Print and Five Hard Novels
I ran across perhaps the most-enjoyable Medium.com pieces of the past few months: Five Insanely Difficult Novels (and Why They're Worth the Effort).
It, for me, is perhaps the quintessential online essay.
I agree with Joseph Epstein that there is something fundamentally different between reading print
Gatsby: Grasping for Transcendence
Frank DeVito at Front Porch Republic
An Encyclopedia of Curiosities and Horrors
Filip Bakardzhiev at VoegelinView
Picture Books for Adults
This is a delightful piece from Public Books. I especially liked this observation about how medieval monks would read:
This form of reading, de Hamel says, is one reason why so many medieval manuscripts have richly decorated pages. The decorations “helped impress a page visually in the reader’s memory,
What Do Fungi Have to Do with Athens?
Eve Tushnet at The University Bookman