John Wilson

Can anything we ever learn about history, about the universe, about ourselves compare with that reality in its sheer strangeness and wonderful improbability? He is risen; he is risen indeed.  Continue Reading »

Reading this book gave me a sense of visiting another world, roughly a century ago, in some respects similar to ours but in other ways radically different: time-travel on the cheap. Continue Reading »

There are many great books soon to be released on this side of the Atlantic. Here's a simple preview to get you ready.  Continue Reading »

I am grateful for moments that in one respect “break in” or “break through” routine but that also, like routine, come with no big fuss, no planning, no “ceremony.” Continue Reading »

Nothing I have read of late matches the clarity with which that last pithy paragraph of Micah Mattix's recent essay illuminates our present moment.  Continue Reading »

Titles catch my eye, and I find myself hoping that some books I've read recently will draw the attention of a good reviewer or three Continue Reading »

On New Year’s Day of 2023, I tried to remember my first memories of the holiday. Continue Reading »

Happy reading, and all best wishes for the new year. Continue Reading »

This doesn’t purport to be a list of the “best” books of the year; rather, these are the ones from a year of reading that most readily come to mind.  Continue Reading »

The purpose of this column is to suggest books (some from 2022, some published earlier) that might appeal to various people on your Christmas gift list.  Continue Reading »