Some Thursday Readings

Words, words, words: On the Bard’s 400-hundred-year legacy – Amit Majmudar at New Criterion. 

Memory – poem by G.K. Chesterton at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

That crayon – artwork by Sonja Benskin Mesher. 

 

“Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

When Life Betrays You, Only Love Remains – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book review on The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.

 

Afghan Terror’s Return – Jeffrey Gedmin at American Purpose.

 

Rogue Prosecutors and the Rise of Crime – Cully Stimson at Imprimis / Hillsdale College.

 

Redcar Collector, a Dark Teeside short story by Glenn McGoldrick, is free today on Amazon.

 

Painting: The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, circa 1600-1610, attributed to John Taylor. 

Some Thursday Readings

Murders for the New Year – Jeremy Black at The Critic Magazine. 

The Genius of John Dickson Carr – Rian Johnson at CrimeReads.

 

Blake Reconsidered – Julia Friedman at New Criterion on the exhibition at the Getty Center.

 

How an Obsession with Art Crime Became a Thriller – Jonathan Santlofer at CrimeReads.

 

Santiago – poem by David Whyte.

Painting: Poet and artist William Blake.

Some Thursday Readings

The Discovery of ‘Wind Sprints,’ the Lost Ralph Dennis Novel – Lee Goldberg at CrimeReads. 

A Thousand Words: Reflections on Art and Christianity – Louis Markos at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

The Looming Lenin Comeback – Roger Kimball at The Spectator.

 

10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms – James Sale at Society of Classical Poets.

 

2023: The CWBA Top Ten Books of the Year – Civil War Books and Authors.

Some Thursday Readings

The renewables red herring – Derrick Berthelsen at The Critic Magazine. 

A sonnet for St. Francis – Malcolm Guite.

 

Now Available: “Stay and Fight It Out: The Second Day of Gettysburg” – Emerging Civil War.

Poet Laura: Goodbye – and Hello! – Dheepa Maturi at Tweetspeak Poetry.