I am struck by the everyday misery and uncertainty and sheer muddle that George Orwell endured, along with his quotidian joys and satisfactions; particularly when juxtaposed with today's handwringing. Continue Reading »
One truth particularly deserving of universal acknowledgment is that there are a threatening number of “great works of literature.” Continue Reading »
It is not unusual to come across writers trading on received notions of “evangelicals,” the like of which they would never countenance in their own house. Continue Reading »
Our editors reflect on Gustave Flaubert, Anglo-Saxon illustrations, Yuko Tsushima, C. S. Lewis, and James Herriot. 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 »
Anna DeForest’s novel is an aesthetic achievement, and it suggests how medicine might be humanized or “restored through instruction” once more. Continue Reading »
There is a new kind of intolerance “strangling open discussion across the West,” and this new brand of intolerance is linked closely with the sexual revolution. 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 »
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 »
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