Writing to Persuade
I stopped posting here regularly after I went to work at the Boston […]
Category: readings
Marilynne Robinson, public intellectual
Marilynne Robinson is an American treasure, an elegant writer and moral philosopher. Her […]
The poetical Darwin
I read this summer Ruth Padel’s poetic biography of her great-great grandfather, Charles […]
Michael Massing thinks you’re bland and boring
Michael Massing is assessing and mostly assailing digital journalism in a three-part series […]
The other immigration problem (?)
In 2011, I listened as an economist predicted massive downward pressure on housing […]
Fantastic reality in Don Quixote
The last novel I finished in 2014 was Don Quixote. Almost no great […]
Electric Kool Aid tastes yummy
I recently read Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, his 1968 […]
Books that influenced me
There’s a meme going around Facebook on the 10 books that have influenced […]
Forgiving Jayson Blair
I’ve been thinking about forgiveness a lot recently. I interviewed Amy-Jill Levine, a […]
A parable preview
Here’s a little preview of my interview with Amy-Jill Levine about her new […]