Strings Attached

Where Are the People?

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

Big Time

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

From Superman to Everyman

The Best Course

A beloved professor’s long shadow

Splendor of Heart: Walter Jackson Bate and the Teaching of Literature By Robert D. Richardson

Once and Future Warfare

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

The After-War

Some wounds don’t bleed

Thank You for Your Service By David Finkel

Plum Local

Handsome Boy
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Tutors

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

Dean of Satire

A writer’s many masks

Jonathan Swift: His Life and His Work By Leo Damrosch

As Time Goes By

The News of the World

Creative Paralysis

The poetry of Louise Glück

Two Poems

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