Jeffrey Bilbro
Editor in Chief
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
Remembering Wendell Berry
Patrick Deneen writes about how reading Berry led him to join with some others to found Front Porch Republic and to look for a job outside the Washington, DC area.
Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
"To the faithful," John Milton writes, "Death [is] the Gate of Life." Yesterday our friend Wendell Berry walked through this gate.
Zoos, Bookstores, and Stories
Nathan Beacom considers two different accounts of the role that virtue plays in public life.
Dickinson, Texas, and Petrarch
Michael Powell visits several cities where “harm reduction” has led to endemic drug use and many overdose deaths.
Data Centers, Orchards, and Bartleby
Molly Taft talks to Joe Allen and others in the roiling, grass-roots movement against data centers.
Picnics, Conspiracies, and Skills
Paul Pastor describes his beloved home state as the end of the West.
Homer, Hopkins, and Humans
Eric Adler praises Patrick Deneen’s new book on how Homer’s Odyssey reveals the character of America’s tensions.
Lettuce, Kansas, and Burial
Luke Allen describes what it’s like to live in northern Michigan, a place that’s increasingly oriented toward tourism.
Rest, Patriotism, and Reading
Sarah Reardon cautions against the typical American narrative that frames vacations as a respite from busyness.
NIMBYs, Ghosts, and Beauty
Brian Miller cuts hay in the same field he’s been mowing for twenty-six years.