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 […]
Living the examined life
Living the examined life
“Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls,For thus, friends absent speak…” -John Donne, “To Sir Henry Wotton” Happening upon a book […]
There are certain writers whose work, no matter the topic, I will read because their perspective is perennially interesting. Such is the […]
There’s something irresistibly whimsical about the exhortation to “heal your feminine energy.” That is the invitation of “Soft Girl Summer,” some kind […]
“Toxic” is such an overused word these days. Yet it’s hard not to slap it on anything mildly unpleasant because it’s so […]