Monday, February 23, 2026

Some Monday Readings


The Wonder of The Comedy: How to Read Dante – Jason Baxter at The Imaginative Conservative. 

A Shakespearean History of Traffic – Callan Davies at The Shakespeare Stage.

 

The Multibillion-Dollar Foundation That Controls the Humanities – Tyler Austin Harper at The Atlantic.

 

Don’t Count Your Chickens – Terry Whalin at The Writing Life.

 

Updike without a paddle – Bruce Bawer at New Criterion on Selected Letters of John Updike.

 

Ten Odd Facts About Hanel’s “Messiah” – Terez Rose at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Illustration: Dante holding a copy of The Divine Comedy at the entrance of hell, with the terraces of Purgatory and the spheres of heaven. Fresco by Domenico di Michelino (1465).

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