Catherine Pakaluk’s “Hannah’s Children”: The Hidden Motives of Those Who Welcome Children
“Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth” is a unique book. The qualitative economic study of college-educated women in the […]
Books as Friends: Reading to Cultivate Desire for Immaterial Goods
“Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls,For thus, friends absent speak…” -John Donne, “To Sir Henry Wotton” Happening upon a book […]
Demographic Collapse is a Local Issue: The Response is Personal
A strange new coalition of vaguely conservative political actors is taking shape. One of the common threads is concern over declining birth […]
“My Bounty is As Boundless As the Sea”: The Feminine Vantage Point Beyond the Material World
My friend’s hairdresser rereads classics covered in high school English classes each decade of her life. Because we live in a culture […]
Your Kids Can Handle Old Books
Sadly, many people think their children are incapable of understanding old books. It is likely that attempting to read “Little Britches” or […]
Greg McKeown’s “Effortless”: Strategies to Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others
If you know what it’s like to get a word stuck in your head, you’ll know what I meant when I say […]
A New Translation of a Swedish Classic: Laura Fitinghoff’s “The Children from Frostmo Mountain”
Earlier this year, I was delighted to receive a copy of Laura Lugnet’s translation of a Swedish children’s literature classic, “The Children […]
Ralph Moody’s “Little Britches”: Work and Play in the American West
Just as viruses and bad ideas spread between people, so manners, good living, and, best of all, good books can spread. Through […]
Laura Vanderkam’s “I Know How She Does It”: Time Tracking and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Laura Vanderkam is a married mother of five, time management expert, and concise and insightful writer. Though it’s been several years since […]
Margaret Kennedy’s “The Feast”: A Perfect Beach Read?
Reading on the beach is a careful art, made all the more perilous when you have children to keep track of. Books […]