In my 3,125-word review essay "James Shapiro's 2020 Book about Shakespeare in America and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I discuss the American Shakespeare specialist James Shapiro's book Shakespeare in a Divided America:: What ...

In my 4,400-word review essay "Patrick Boucheron's 2020 Book about Machiavelli and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I discuss the French historian Patrick Boucheron's fast-paced, learned, and accessible short new book Machiavelli: ...

On February 12, 2020, Pope Francis issued his new apostolic exhortation about the Amazon region -- addressed not only to practicing Catholics but also to all persons of goodwill. In my 4,000-word review essay "Pope Francis' ...

My 5,700-word review essay is about the American Jesuit classicist Claude Pavur's 2019 book In the School of Ignatius [Loyola]: Studious Zeal and Devoted Learning (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Institute of Jesuit Sources). ...

In my 4,500-word review essay, I begin with an overview of Andrew Hui's 2019 book A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter (Princeton University Press). I then pivot to discussing certain related scholarly work, ...