Essays & Criticism

I read, question, interpret, and occasionally disagree. Here are my thoughts on books, culture, and the stories we tell.

LITERARY ANALYSIS · ESSAY

Literature Is the Way of Life

Why read the classics today? I look at storytelling, ambition, nature and mortality through Aristotle, Marlowe, Wordsworth and Keats. This is the written companion to episode 1, “A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives,” of my podcast.

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