Cultural Critic, Cultural Christian
by Peter J. LeithartClive James—literary and film critic, poet, memoirist, travel writer, novelist, and cultural critic—died on November 24, 2019. Continue Reading »
Clive James—literary and film critic, poet, memoirist, travel writer, novelist, and cultural critic—died on November 24, 2019. Continue Reading »
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Thank You for the Light” captures how Christ transfigures the mundane. Continue Reading »
A devout Jewish writer faced the horrors of war in his work. Continue Reading »
Murray’s poems pack an impossible amount of meaning into short lines. Continue Reading »
Murray’s writing about the landscape and mores of rural Australia drew attention in his home country. Continue Reading »
Old tech beckons us to pause rather than react; to think, rather than do. Continue Reading »
John Wilson discusses American fiction of the ’50s and ’60s. Continue Reading »
PIO’S NO-NO? My Jewish children are proud Americans born and raised in New York. When they were young, they learned a game from older children that they played and taught to younger children. It is a form of tag in which the person who is “it” yells a catchphrase, and everyone on “base” . . . . Continue Reading »
If you teach high school or college students, or have kids who are passing through those places, and if your duties include grading papers, or you watch your kids struggle with writing assignments, I have a piece of advice. Tell them to try composing by hand, with pen and paper, not on the . . . . Continue Reading »