The world’s lost manuscripts
Plus: A history of paganism, military art and more
Micah Mattix
Micah Mattix is a senior editor of The Spectator’s World edition and the author of the Prufrock newsletter. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New Criterion, the Atlantic and many other publications.
Thursday
Tuesday
In praise of throwaway culture
Plus: that New Yorker voice, disappearing counter-culture and more
Monday
The debasement of art
Plus: Dimes Square, the new Top Gun and more
Thursday
Bicycles: machines of the left
Plus: Inigo Philbrick serves time, lost Amazonian cities and more
Tuesday
Return of the writing guide
Plus: mid-century rhymers, misunderstanding sleep and more
Monday
The energetic and tragic Keats
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph by Lucasta Miller reviewed
Friday
The crisis in American higher ed
Plus: Watergate, UNC’s Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco and more
Thursday
Tallying race in post-war American fiction
Plus: Demons, hating Jane Austen, and more
Wednesday
Can right-wing comedy be funny?
The left is more convinced it’s dangerous, which is a joke all its own
Tuesday
The Atlantic’s clichéd new books section
Plus: George Orwell as comic writer and Peter Hitchens on ferries
Friday
Richard Wilbur’s Molière
Plus: Everyday Old English, Les Murray’s last poems and more
Thursday
Remembering Midge Decter
Plus: The useless public apology, Bono’s memoir, and other news
Wednesday
The failure of Marine Le Pen
And the surprising success of Emmanuel Macron
Tuesday
Medievalists going medieval
Plus: Matt Labash on writing, psychology’s failure and more
Saturday
A contradictory book on free speech
Plus: Toxic books, the first Holocaust victim and more
Thursday
Jean Rhys in full
Plus: In praise of paper, Pablo Neruda’s question poems and more
Tuesday
What happens after Roe?
With the infamous decision off the table, can either party take advantage?
The making of books
Plus: A long-distance hiking trail in Kurdistan, Houellebecq’s changing fortunes and more
Saturday
In defense of pessimism
Plus: The unknown Wyeth, the politics of camping and more
Thursday
The poetry of the New Right
Plus: The future of Tangier Island, the largest subterranean city in the world and more
