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Back Row America, Marilynne Robinson, and Peter Maurin

“Our Unsexy Future.” Joseph Bottum reviews Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl, drawing attention to “an underappreciated principle of any...

A Hidden Life, Carbon Credits, and the American Solidarity Party

“Has Our Food Become Safer in the Last 10 Years?” Four experts discuss food safety regulations, consolidation, and local food systems for Civil Eats. “Starting Seeds.”...

Jones, Hurston, and Newman

“‘These Global Days.’” Adam Schwartz reviews the newly published The Grail Mass and Other Works, by David Jones. It conveys Jones’s critique of empire and...

Pelagians, Lithium Mines, and Progressive Occultism

“The Politics of Dystopia.” Ross Douthat seems to be thinking about Deneen’s book these days: “On right and left, it has become easier to...

Plastic, Local Feasting, and Family Farms

“Book Review: Dignity by Chris Arnade.” Jake Meador uses Patrick Deneen’s recent work to frame a reading of Arnade’s photographs and stories. In a...

Convenience, Abortion, and Friendship

I’ll be taking a break from the internet for a couple of weeks to recreate (and to get some writing done). I’m not sure...

Educating Nones, Water, and Killing Umps

“5 Questions with Gracy Olmstead.” Gracy Olmstead talks about rural communities, seasonal rhythms, and more. “Inhabiting Memories and Landscapes.” Brecon Cathedral in Wales is hosting...

Beyond Capitalism, National Conservatism, and Millennial Nuns

“Going Home with Wendell Berry.” Amanda Petrusich corresponded with Berry and then spent two days in Port Royal continuing their conversation. The result is...

Addictive Technology, Land Use, and Saving the Amazon

Most of my reading time this week went to poring over proofs for the first issue of the FPR print journal. We should have...

Air Conditioning, Modern Friendship, and Rooftop Farming

“The Great Land Robbery.” In the Atlantic, Vann R. Newkirk II narrates a tragic story about black land ownership in the Mississippi Delta. Between...