“Wendell Berry and Higher Education” by J Baker and J Bilbro
In presuming much of Berry’s philosophy through implications in his fiction, the authors offer us a narrow, ideological, and Christian-evangelized vision of nostalgia and of reform.
“Democracy” by Alecos Papadatos and Annie DiDonna
Not glorified mythology, this history of the precarious struggle towards democracy in ancient Greece is worth the read.
“V for Vendetta” by Alan Moore
As an early work by Moore, the structure and composition are stretched, relying on tropes and infallibility rather than empathetic protagonists. As a result, it is an interesting introduction to Moore and to resistance in literature, but little else.
“Hannah Coulter” by Wendell Berry
Berry’s characters offer reflections and philosophy which are not a match for much thinking today–and that’s the point.
“Four Hundred Souls” by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Unique and important revelations on black history, each told in five-year increments, At times uneven in scholarship, still a vivid and important story that we otherwise rarely see.
“Proxies: Essays Near Knowing” by Brian Blanchfield
Blanchfield’s self-isolated and personal essays are genuine and a curious experiment, if not compelling to readers.
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