We Contain Multitudes

Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall offers a meditation on selfhood and wholeness.

Appraising Information in the Cybersphere, Pt. II

A five-column series on evaluating AI- and algorithmically generated text.

Sweet Home Alabama

Debra Webb excels in bringing her birthplace to life.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

One of my watchwords these days is “breathe.”

Biden’s Bookmobiles

Why a presidential-library-on-wheels would be perfect.

The Old Man and the New Year

Why I’ll be rereading Hemingway in 2026.

A Middle-Aged Eucatastrophe

Why it’s the perfect time to revisit Tolkien.

Further than Far

The emotional geography of As I Lay Dying.