Last year when I took part in a podcast on the nature of literature, the subject of “the most underrated” literature came up. My immediate … Read More ›
The summer before my first teaching job, I eagerly ordered all the novels on the book list so I could read them before the year … Read More ›
Once upon a time, the merpeople of the Deep and the humans of Earth lived in harmony and friendship. But then, an ancient, ill-fated romance … Read More ›
How many alkali metals can you name? If the answer is none, your high school chemistry class let you down. There’s an answer to this … Read More ›
“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.” While … Read More ›
In his last published work before he died, Lewis explores themes of suffering, human relationship, and man’s quest for God. Till We Have Faces retells … Read More ›
In my experience, nothing is more terrifying or more wonderful than being a parent. I haven’t been in the parenting world long, but I’ve done … Read More ›
About a year ago, I packed up my blue Volvo station wagon and drove across the United States to serve at the University of California, Berkeley …
As a country we have embraced a lack of standards that implies that
anything goes—and don’t you dare criticize what happens as a result …