Paul Theroux at 79. "I was once a hotshot, I was once the punk. And anyone who has once been a punk, eventually you're older, and you see the turning of the years as it is" ... more »
Derrida's insights are fundamental to many fields: literature, law, film theory, theology. But he was a specialist in a subfield of his own design ... more »
Secular critics of Marilynne Robinson focus on grace, family, and redemption, as if her Christianity were nothing more than kindness ... more »