The Priory
Karen Swallow Prior, Henry Oliver, Elizabeth Kaye Cook, Samuel Loncar, Marginalia Review of Books, AlexandraPrayers of Attention
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 248 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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Samuel Johnson’s Idler 31: On Idleness
If you have to ask how much it is, you can’t afford it. Source: The Idler | SAMUEL JOHNSON | First edition
One of the predominant literary genres in eighteenth century England was the periodical essay. The age saw a tremendous rise in news...
Samuel Johnson: A Great Thinker and a Great Man
And Stone-Kicker
With most writers I love, I can remember my introduction to them or my first time reading one of their works. This is not so with Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Perhaps because he is ever-present in eighteenth-century studies...
Samuel Johnson: “A Writer for Us All”
Henry Oliver’s well-loved edition of Boswell’s Life of Johnson
Readers, I am thrilled to have a guest essay today by Henry Oliver, literature lover and Substacker extraordinaire! (If you aren’t following him here, you must!)
Henry Oliver...
SAMUEL JOHNSON’S DAUGHTERS OF EARTH
A guest post by Elizabeth Kaye Cook
Readers, I am delighted to introduce our short series on the inimitable, erudite, witty, and curmudgeonly Dr. Samuel Johnson with a guest post by Elizabeth Kaye Cook (who also delighted me as a student m...
My Tribute to Wendell Berry
Most of my Wendell Berry collection.
Religion News Service asked me to offer some reflections on Wendell Berry, the beloved farmer-poet who died this week at age 92.
Here is how I began my essay:
Over 20 years ago, I heard Berry speak...
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A reader and writer attending more closely to what is good, true, and beautiful. The Priory is devoted to the holy cultivation of a rich inner life. “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” -- Mary Oliver [Coming in ‘28: My Year of War and Peace]
Writer. Critic. Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center. \Literature, history, liberalism, philosophy.
Tender-hearted hater who loves contradictions. Without books, life is incomplete. Anti-censorship. Pro-imagination.
A place for people desiring a deeper life. Created by philosopher Samuel Loncar, Ph.D (Yale), Editor, Marginalia Review \ud83d\udcda
Curated by expert editors and guided by Marginalia' s vision of democratizing depth in an age drowning in the shallows, our pages unite the separated silos of the university, arts, science, and culture into a single space of insight and learning.
Alexandra Hart is a playwright and novelist based in Oxford. BA(Hons), MSt, MFA
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