Jeffrey Bilbro
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Jeffrey Bilbro is a Professor of English at Grove City College. He grew up in the mountainous state of Washington and earned his B.A. in Writing and Literature from George Fox University in Oregon and his Ph.D. in English from Baylor University. His books include Words for Conviviality: Media Technologies and Practices of Hope, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News, Loving God’s Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature, Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of Place (written with Jack Baker), and Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry’s Sustainable Forms.
Articles by Jeffrey Bilbro
Work, Friendship, and Literacy
Maya Sulkin talks to some influencers and wannabe influencers about the nature of work.
Richmond, TikTok, and Enchantment
Maureen Swinger goes to an Oliver Anthony concert and describes his efforts to repair broken places and subvert the structures of the celebrity machine.
Marce Catlett, Farm Policy, and AI Friends
Antonio Spadaro responds to plans to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina.
Fairs, Atherosclerosis, and Toothaches
Tara Couture writes about the mysterious relation between simple joys and hard work.
Family Doctors, Designer Babies, and Bug Farms
The details of the dissolution of the Honors College at Tulsa continue to be quite discouraging.
Weedkiller, Conversation, and Data Centers
Charles Eisenstein lays out some initial policy proposals that could help farmers stay solvent while transitioning to more regenerative agricultural practices.
TikTok Democracy, AI Parenting, and Rooted Virtue
Christine Rosen pens a biting response to Katherine Boyle’s rosy picture of techno-families.
Don’t Die, Bad Neighbors, and Unions
Piers Gelly describes how students responded when he invited AI into their classroom.
The Essay, Jane Greer, and Blue States
Sally Thomas remembers the wry and wonderful formalist poet Jane Greer.
Markets, Slop, and Alyosha
Jen Pollock Michel describes what she’s learned while caring for her aging mother.
Pints, Children, and Libraries
“Food Is Not Magic.” Garth Brown probes the oddities that ensue when people conscript food into an ideological project: “Contradictions and superficiality do not discredit the claim that the modern…