Arts & Letters
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Les Murray, Dissident Poet
Les Murray, who died at age 80 on April 29, has been called Australia’s greatest poet, but…
Provocateur at Work
Another Kingdom: Book 1by andrew klavanturner, 335 pages, $29.99 Summon to mind the image of John Cleese…
A Certain Idea of France
De Gaulleby julian jacksonharvard, 928 pages, $39.95 Using pick handles and rifle butts, the police force of…
Mary of Bethany
In Bethany, as Jesus dines with friends,And Martha sees to it that all are fed,Her sister to…
Sketches of Native America
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Presentdavid treuerriverhead, 512 pages, $28.00 In…
Evangelical Ruskin
2019 is the bicentennial year of John Ruskin’s birth, and he is suddenly all the rage. London’s…
Whose Midwest?
Finding a New Midwestern Historyedited by jon k. lauck, gleaves whitney, and joseph hogannebraska, 365 pages, $55.00…
Royal Fatalism
The Romanovs: 1613–1918by simon sebag montefiorevintage, 784 pages, $35 The Romanovs Under House Arrest: From the 1917…
Office Devotions
The internet may be a gift from God,As the Pope says, a utilityWe can manipulate but not…
Aleksandr the Great
Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974–1978by aleksandr solzhenitsynnotre dame, 452 pages, $35.00 It would…
Why I Assigned The Kingdom
Last week, a controversy erupted over a book I assigned in a five-student advanced literature seminar at…
The Faith of P. D. James
Day follows day, one sliding into the next, so that change is often imperceptible until something jolts…
The Virgin Whore and the Humorless Don
Much like oil and water, humor and liberal academia do not mix. Anyone who has spent time…
The Making of My Ántonia
This year marks the centenary of Willa Cather’s My Ántonia, and we can thank Viola Roseboro for…
The New Cool
More than any other filmmakers, the Coen brothers have wormed their way into my everyday. The Hudsucker…
