Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Architecture for Real People
In this episode, Anselm Audley joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his essay “Cities…
Give the National Endowment for the Arts Back to the Public
For decades, Americans have become increasingly alienated from the American arts establishment. The main source for their…
Jane Austen Against the Smartphone
On this day in 1813, England’s most beloved novel was published. Pride and Prejudice has become the…
Unseen Skies
If you have been following this column for a while, you know I love the very idea…
Roger Scruton’s The Disappeared, Revisited
“It was inconceivable that in a town dedicated to prosperity, comfort and English order, a girl might…
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
On January 4, President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.…
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
There’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of…
Theater of the Divine
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Peter Kreeft joins in…
An Iconoclastic Inferno
The Divine Comedy: InfernoBy Dante Alighieri, Translated by Jason M. BaxterAngelico, 260 pages, $19.95 Jason M. Baxter,…
The Old Testament Roots of American Christian Music
One need not be a historian of the Puritans and their quest for a New Jerusalem to…
Make Buildings Beautiful Again
In this episode, Justin Shubow joins Rusty Reno at The Editor’s Desk to talk about his essay,…
Past and Future Hopes
A year ago at this time, I devoted a column to “Hopes and Wishes for 2024”—mostly hopes,…
Paleofuturism
Dawn’s Early Light:Taking Back Washington to Save Americaby kevin d. robertsbroadside, 304 pages, $32 When Kevin Roberts…
Declaring Independence
American Heretics:Religious Adversaries of Liberal Orderby jerome e. copulskyyale, 384 pages, $40 In the summer of 1775,…
The Church of Empathy
Circle of Hope:A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Churchby eliza griswoldfarrar, straus and…
