Winter2014_web
Essays

Where Are the People?

Evangelical Christianity in America is losing its power—what happened to Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral shows why

Essays

Where Are the People?

Evangelical Christianity in America is losing its power—what happened to Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral shows why

ARTICLES

My Kingdom for a Wave

If your life as a public intellectual takes you to the highest crests, be prepared for the troughs that follow

My Friend Melanie Has Breast Cancer

How it might have happened, and why we are looking in the wrong places to prevent similar cases

Homeless in the City

A writer describes the decade he has spent living on the streets

Our Farm, My Inspiration

How a weekend getaway became a poet’s muse

Tutors

My many mentors at Oxford, from Lincoln College to All Souls, linger like spirits in the mind

Eric Rohmer and Me

What a classic film from the French new wave taught me about the illusions of my youth

My Kingdom for a Wave

If your life as a public intellectual takes you to the highest crests, be prepared for the troughs that follow

My Friend Melanie Has Breast Cancer

How it might have happened, and why we are looking in the wrong places to prevent similar cases

Homeless in the City

A writer describes the decade he has spent living on the streets

Our Farm, My Inspiration

How a weekend getaway became a poet’s muse

Tutors

My many mentors at Oxford, from Lincoln College to All Souls, linger like spirits in the mind

Eric Rohmer and Me

What a classic film from the French new wave taught me about the illusions of my youth

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DEPARTMENTS

tuning up

Night Train to Gijón

The fried-pepper sandwiches were oily and delicious, and the Spanish lesson was even more memorable

Book essay

The Novels Don’t Change, But We Do
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Rereading those works that matter to us proves that books read us even as we read them

book reviews

The Best Course

A beloved professor’s long shadow

The After-War

Some wounds don’t bleed

Dean of Satire

A writer's many masks

Abolition Gone Wrong

Despite good intentions, some opponents of the Atlantic slave trade caused more harm

Ministry of Talent

JFK’s thousand days of crisis