To Find Eyes to See

To Find Eyes to See

by | Jun 21, 2026

More Than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature By Joshua Hren. Word on Fire Luminor, 2026. Paperback, 392 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. The year after Euripides died (406 BC), Athenian theater-goers who flocked to see...
Rural America as It Really Is

Rural America as It Really Is

by | Jun 21, 2026

Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America  By Joanna Dee Das. University of Chicago Press, 2025. Hardcover, 272 pages, $27.50. Reviewed by Jason C. Phillips. Over the last eighteen months, I have twice visited Branson, Missouri. Over the...
The Poet Watches Birds

The Poet Watches Birds

by | Jun 21, 2026

Instructions for Waking By Jennifer A. Hartenburg. Kelsay Books, 2026. Paperback, 70 pages, $20. Reviewed by Matt Miller. I’m not much of a birdwatcher. We keep a few feeders, and I’m always pleased to spot a bald eagle, a pileated woodpecker, or a Baltimore oriole....
Continually Revising History

Continually Revising History

by | Jun 14, 2026

  The Unity of Mankind and the Conversation of Civilizations. Reflections on the Basis of Eric Voegelin’s The Ecumenic Age. Eric Voegelin Studies Yearbook 4. Edited by Axel Bark and Harald Bergbauer. Brill Fink, 2025. Hardcover, 473 pages, $155. Reviewed by Lee...
G. K. Chesterton, Friend of Truth

G. K. Chesterton, Friend of Truth

by | Jun 7, 2026

Chesterton and the Philosophers Edited by Landon Loftin. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2026.  Paperback, 222 pages, $28.00 Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg.  Editor Landon Loftin has the temerity to agree and then disagree with Garry Wills, who had the temerity to declare that...