Essay Celebrity Against Appearances By Bruce Bawer Orson Welles became a star not by creating some great work, but by simply scaring the hell out of people. More
Essay Death Squeak & Gibber By John Crowley Humanity’s greatest feat of rationality lies in the explanations we use to grapple with our own mortality. More
Essay Politics Between the Lines By Robert Boyers A look at the crossroads where literature and politics meet, and the relationship between art and ideas. More
Essay Democracy Our Chief Danger By William Hogeland The story of the democratic movements that the framers of the U.S. Constitution feared and sought to suppress. More
Essay Religion Freedom by Necessity By Terry Eagleton A reconsideration of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. More
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Essay Fashion Crusader Chic By Danielle Peterson Searls Upon returning home, Crusaders brought with them styles that would upset Europe’s fashion hierarchy. More
