Literature

Sundiata: Alexander of the Bright Country

War and magic in medieval West Africa

May 6 •

Langston Hughes: Backlash blues

Love, truth, and white America

Mar 4 •

Reading Petrarch at (almost) 40

Love at first sight?

Sep 10, 2024 •

Climate diaries: Real and imagined

Journaling the apocalypse with Octavia Butler

Jul 30, 2024 •

Robert Frost and the darkness

A reconsideration

Jun 18, 2024 •

Is Allende's Zorro the hero we need?

There ought to be a man in black

May 7, 2024 •

Joan Didion: Voice of the Silent Generation

The original OK Boomer

Mar 26, 2024 •

Is the Holy Spirit from Africa?

The circumstantial evidence

Feb 13, 2024 •

The infinite field of Japanese poetry

Start anywhere, go everywhere

Jan 2, 2024 •

The hurricane of history

Are revolutions only good on the long view?

Nov 7, 2023 •

The classics aren't safe (for anyone)

What’s the opposite of future shock?

Oct 10, 2023 •

My first Terry Pratchett novel

YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE

Sep 19, 2023 •

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