Jonathan Clarke is a lawyer, essayist, and critic who divides his time between New York and Florida. He can be found online at jonathanclarkewriter.com.
Our founding principles do not conduce to a strong concept of national character.
Thomas Lynch may be the only major poet-undertaker writing in English, which must count as a surprise.
In glamorizing foreign travel, we sometimes neglect the near at hand.
The only distinction that matters is between fiction work that lasts and work that doesn’t.
Why is Shelby Foote's Civil War subject to so much contemporary debate?
We hold two apparently contradictory beliefs about war.