Pig Iron
Joseph VonEssays by young people, for everyone.
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Reading Shame
At the end of every year, I always eagerly await the books people share on “𝕏, formerly known as Twitter” that they’ve read. You see a cultural snapshot as if all year there was only one slide of film to expose and then it's gone; people b...
Sappho Versus the Meaninglessness of Humanity
I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.
—Sappho
“This fragment survives on a potsherd.”
This was the opening line from the translator of a poetry collection by Sappho, an ancient G...
A birch grove
Last year, I went on a road trip with my family to Niagara. The waterfalls, American and Canadian, without saying, were awe inspiring; an incredible constant of raw power. Yet, on the drive there and back, to my surprise I found my interest...
Knowledge Ascending
Notice: In the following, I don’t mean to lampoon the artist, Jay Dugan, nor Lehigh University. My intent is to convey a personal perspective only.
Written in late Summer of 2023…
As you travel up the winding paths of Lehigh Un...
Freedom Born: 1863
In an 1863 Pamphlet, John Henry Hopkins, a Irish born composer and clergyman, rang in the new year by investigating the Bible’s view on slavery. He wrote that the word slave only appears twice in the English version of the Good Book, howeve...
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Joseph Von is a historian, aspiring author, working on his Doctorate in American Studies. His areas of interest are history, culture, writing, and books. He writes The Back Shop, and is a contributor to the Pig Iron publication on Substack. PA
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