I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world.

finding meaning in life through literature, art, design, and culture ✦✧ through weekly posts and enthusiastic conversations

the junk shop of history

Explaining the weird new future and recommending weird old books

A newsletter and podcast about the contemporary American intellectual scene.

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books, ideas, irritations, vexations

Political philosophy, psychoanalysis, spirituality. literature. Not necessarily in that order.

One third Books, one third Observations, one third Who Knows.