A Gentleman Out of Moscow

A Gentleman Out of Moscow

Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile By Fiona Maddocks. Pegasus Books, 2024. Hardcover, 384 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Robert Bellafiore. In the last years of Romanov Russia, Sergei Rachmaninoff was enjoying life as a musical giant, composing such titanic hits as the...
Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory

Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory

By Dermot Quinn. This essay was delivered as a memorial lecture at Fordham University, New York, on November 15, 2023. One of the easiest ways of remembering Gerald Russello is to listen to him. So here he is, in that powerful, reasonable, humane, wise voice of his,...
Russell Kirk and Japan: Enamored by the Dead

Russell Kirk and Japan: Enamored by the Dead

By Hiro Aida These remarks were delivered on April 19, 2024, at an event hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami and the Russell Kirk Center at the 60th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Society in Tampa, Florida. “How kind of you to send me a copy of Ugetsu...
Is Life Worth Living?

Is Life Worth Living?

By Russell Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994). This excerpt from the concluding chapter of Kirk’s third-person autobiography is reprinted here in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of Kirk’s death. In some ages, what Thoreau says is true:...
Still Believing and Singing

Still Believing and Singing

I Still Believe: A Memoir By Jeremy Camp and David Thomas. Thomas Nelson, 2020. Paperback, 256 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. Towards the end of the film I Still Believe, Jeremy Camp is distraught over the death of his wife, Melissa, whom he had hoped would...