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
Chatbots, Agency, and Water
Roosevelt Montás articulates the effects reading has on individuals and societies.
Regenerative Farming, Jonathan Swift, and Palantir
James Rebanks warns of the fragility of a food system that prioritizes efficiency above all else.
Roundup, Virtues, and Wit
Nate Halverson has a level-headed and disturbing report on the use of glyphosate to manage US forests.
Chop Saws, Oranges, and Gemini
Alexander Sammon narrates the incredible, complicated, tragic story of Florida’s dying crop.
Techn-Kings, Micro-Colleges, and Groupthink
If you think an algorithmic function can have a moral character, I’m not sure you’ll have a productive conversation about aligning AI with human goods.
Against AI Slop. For Feelable Thought
What will it take to sustain the remnants of a contemporary republic of letters on the margins of a public square blasted by machine-speak?
Chesterton, Lukacs, and Joe
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn expresses gratitude for Wendell Berry’s latest novel and his faithful voice speaking truth over many decades.
Abundance, Chromebooks, and Satellites
This excerpt from Christopher Beha’s new book draws on John Stuart Mill to probe the flaw at the heart of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s technocratic vision of liberalism.
Baseball, Gardening, and the Metaverse
It’s been a rough week for those committed to Wendell Berry’s Terrapin Theory of Technology.
Meatpackers, Barnes & Noble, and Wittgenstein
Arthur Brooks draws on Eitan Hersh and others to remind people that following politics like it’s entertainment erodes civic virtue.
Form, Fraud, and Suckers
I’m in the middle of savoring Call Out Coyote right now. Seth’s poems roll off the tongue and stick like a burr in the heart.
Gratitude, War, and Play
Matt Wheeler writes a wonderful appreciation of Wendell Berry’s newest novel.