Books

And All Shall Be Well

A review of Timothy Larsen's George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2018

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books by karen swallow prior brazos, 272 pages, $19.99 In On Reading Well, Liberty University English professor Karen Swallow Prior sets forth a thoughtful, nuanced vision of the relationship between morality and literature. This vision . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

The Bookish Life

by Joseph Epstein

The village idiot of the shtetl of Frampol was offered the job of waiting at the village gates to greet the arrival of the Messiah. “The pay isn’t great,” he was told, “but the work is steady.” The same might be said about the conditions of the bookish life: low pay but steady . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Harry Potter as Sacred Text

by Joshua Mayo

We need a new kind of literary culture in which criticism and analysis can finally thrive: one that lives with and loves books for their “hidden gifts.” Continue Reading »

24 Sep 2018