Beyond Cancel Culture
O’Connor, Updike, and the Literature of Self-Recrimination Michial Farmer The recent intra-literati arguments about Flannery O’Connor’s racism are, if nothing else, hard proof that ideas have consequences. Not long after the police killing of George Floyd ignited...
Bair, Beauvoir, and the Becketeers
Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir by Deidre Bair. Nan A. Talese, 2019. Hardcover, 368 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Michial Farmer When she set out to write her award-winning biography of Samuel Beckett, Deirdre Bair had never even read...
Why is free speech an indispensable right?
On Tuesday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m., join @ubookman Editor @lsheahan and @JonathanTurley to discuss the history and philosophy of free speech.
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Just released: Late @ubookman editor Gerald Russello's selected works by @clunymedia. 78 essays on conservatism, Catholicism, law, humanities, Latin, & culture from 23 outlets: @NRO, @firstthingsmag, @newcriterion, @ModAgeJournal, @chroniclesmag, & more!