Topic
Literature
104 published works
Althouse
"Mr. Field found his calling by happenstance. As a newly enlisted soldier boarding a troop train during World War II, he was handed a bag…"
By Ann Althouse
"... by a Red Cross worker. It contained a toothbrush, a comb, a candy bar and an anthology of poetry. 'I was on that train for three days,' he said…
Legal History Blog
Mitchell's "Gaskell and the Law"
By Dan Ernst
Paul Mitchell, University College London, has published Gaskell and the Law (Hart/Bloomsbury):Elizabeth Gaskell is best known today as a novelist of social realism. Until now, however, her use of law,…
Althouse
"In his nonfiction book 'A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”' (2021), about reading the Russian masters, he described 'people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people.'"
By Ann Althouse
"This is pleasant to imagine, and I suppose it’s true up to a point, but who doesn’t know a lot of big readers who are jackasses from head to toe?…
Althouse
"When [Justin] McDaniel began teaching Existential Despair a decade ago, he came up with a set of ground rules…."
By Ann Althouse
"Students would read only literature — no biographies or self-help books. He forbade them from taking notes so as not to distract from the act of reading.... He feels that…
Law & Humanities Blog
Davies on Sherlock Holmes: Real or Imagined? Living or Dying?
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Ross E. Davies, George Mason University Law School; The Green Bag; has published Sherlock Holmes: Real or Imagined? Living or Dying? at 2025 Baker Street Almanac 1. Here is the…
The Securities Edge
My Favorite Books of 2023
Once again, it’s time for the annual list of my favorite books of the year gone by. As usual, the list consists of books that I read last year, not necessarily…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie
Summer is here and that means travel, which, in turn, means you're in need of new reads. Whether you're on the beach or in the air, the immprof blog has…
From Briefs to Books
The Book of Form and Emptiness – by Ruth Ozeki
“The Book of Form and Emptiness” is a story about love of books, understanding, nonjudgmental tolerance and the insignificance of material things. In general, the story is told by the…
Future Lawyer
Classical Literature For Millennials.
By rickgeorges
You know who you are. You live on Twitter, Instagram, and whatever new social media site will have you. You are always in a hurry, and never learned to write…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Doesn’t Just Mean Coming To America. These 4 Books Are Good Reminders.
Rachel Martin for NPR offers recommendations on four immigration books. The recommendations come from Vietnamese American author Ocean Vuong, whose novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous explores colonial history and…