Fiction and Philosophy
On Moral Fiction, by John Gardner. Basic Books, 1977. When you make up a story about America and say that we are the worst killers of all, that we are worse than Russia or China, then . . . well, I think you’ve made up an evil story.” That evaluation of the integrity...Kirk in the Clarion Review
Russell Kirk’s autobiographical essay, “Is Life Worth Living” is featured in The Clarion Review this month.The Prospect of an Authentic Conservatism
Prospects for Conservatives: A Compass for Rediscovering the Permanent Things by Russell Kirk, with a new introduction by Bradley J. Birzer. Imaginative Conservative Books, 2013. Hardcover, 278 pages, $25.Russell Kirk’s most spirited work, Prospects for Conservatives...Civilization in Davy Jones’s Locker
The Emerging Atlantic Culture by Thomas Molnar. Transaction Publishers, 1994. 110pp., $34.95 cloth. Thomas Molnar has never hesitated to say how horrible he finds America, and the razor edge of his dislike is as sharp here as in a dozen earlier books. It is more of a...
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This was a fun book to read and review--many thanks to @ubookman for publishing! Link here: https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/bring-back-the-virtues-medieval-style/?mc_cid=3ec1588892&mc_eid=0f1acafa9e