Christmas in the Author Bank
Saints and stories are scattered over each of the twelve days of Christmas. We’ve selected readings from our Author Bank for each one.
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Great Works & Authors
Twenty-Five Top-Notch Lines in Literature
“These days people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” What’s the value of a good book?
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Why We Read Modern Books
As society changes, art changes too; but these changes are not always for the worse!
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Student Essay: Achilles Atropos
Typical analyses see the turning point of Achilles’ character in his re-entry to the war. But does his character really change?
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G. K. Chesterton: An Author Profile
A romantic English patriot and devout Catholic convert; a friend of Shaw and Orwell and an enemy of modernity; an opponent of socialism and a staunch foe of capitalism: the paradoxes of Chesterton make an elegant closing flourish for our series on the Author Bank.
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Shakespeare: An Author Profile
Shakespeare’s genius is shown not only in his contributions to language itself, but in his power of presenting the emotional and spiritual fractal web of human life on the stage.
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The Top Ten Books Recommended by Anchored Guests in 2023
Of the books you’ve read, which ones have impacted you the most deeply?
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Homer: An Author Profile
The principal literary quality of this, perhaps the most shadowy of all the figures on the CLT Author Bank, is a little ironic.
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What Does “The Great Conversation” Mean?
In fairness to Alice, judging by our recently-concluded tour of the wonder-land of ideas, we must concede that the books generally do lack pictures. Conversations, however …
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Dante: An Author Profile, Continued
DanteAn Author ProfileSecond Canto: Vita Nuova By Gabriel Blanchard From the depths of political, personal, and spiritual defeat, Dante went on—”God knoweth how”—to write one of the great
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