Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #2: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
A massive and magnificent literary history, English Literature and Sixteenth Century is Lewis's most intellectual work, and also some of his wittiest.
The God of this World: A Review of Kenogaia by David Bentley Hart
A review essay about David Bentley Hart's most provocative book, the novel Kenogaia. On God, tradition, design, and Calvinism.
Godzilla Minus One: Life, Death, and Yukio Mishima
Godzilla Minus One is a tribute to the original movie, but it also wrestles with the legacy of one of Japan's most controversial figures: Yukio Mishima.
Merry Christmas
A brief note of thanks and well-wishes for the end of the year
The Sincerity of Videogame Storytelling
Games have always had good writing (if you knew where to look). Now, more creators are using the medium to tell stories that only games can.
ChatGPT Round-Up: AI in the Classroom
It's been six months since my viral tweet about ChatGPT, and the articles I wrote on it are now published. Time to revisit?
Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #1: The Discarded Image
A review of C.S. Lewis's The Discarded Image, his last book and a tour de force on medieval literature, psychology, and philosophy of science.
The Halloween Country: October Thoughts Occasioned by Ray Bradbury
Seasonal musings on Ray Bradbury, the Christian roots of Halloween, and the opposition of Orthodox afterlife to contemporary Hell Houses.
Shohei Ohtani and the Individual Talent
Shohei Ohtani's abilities are unprecedented, but what if no one believed in him? The Japanese movie "I Will Buy You" paints a bleak "what if." Plus: another Los Angeles Dodgers playoff loss.
Moby-Dick: Or, The Ambiguities
Moby-Dick is American Shakespeare. Each era finds something new in it, but its critical stance on technology, capitalism, and nature is timely as ever.
