Phil Christman's public notebook--mostly about literature and the other arts, but also, frequently, about theology, politics, teaching writing, and university-related matters from a pro-labor perspective.
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Gertrude Stein's THE MAKING OF AMERICANS/Cecilia Konchar Farr's & Janie Sisson's AS I WAS SAYING: Ten Thoughts
I finally got around to reading The Making of Americans because Dalkey Archive released a “Companion” to the book late last year, As I Was Saying by Cecilia Konchar Farr and Janie Sisson.
I finally got around to reading The Making of Ameri...
Molecular Moral Forces 2: Emerson
To most of us, I think, Emerson is a term memorized for a sophomore English test about “transcendentalism,” a decorously three-named nineteenth-century literary guy who said a lot of inspirational quotes.
To most of us, I think, Emerson is...
Interview with Aaron Burch about TACOMA
Aaron Burch is known to many people as a fictionist and essayist, founding editor of Hobart, current editor of Short Story, Long. He is known to me as all these things and also as my office neighbor. His most recent novel is Tacoma, a light...
Molecular Moral Forces: A William and Henry James Read-Through
This was my first attempt at a series, long before I was on Substack, from 2020 or 2021.
This was my first attempt at a series, long before I was on Substack, from 2020 or 2021. I dislocated my finger that summer and gave up. Now I have go...
John Hughes, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF: Ten Thoughts
1986 must have been an amazing year to be a teenager with disposable income and a nearby mall with a multiplex.
1986 must have been an amazing year to be a teenager with disposable income and a nearby mall with a multiplex. Compared to 198...
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Author of "Why Christians Should Be Leftists" (Eerdmans, 2025), "How to Be Normal," and "Midwest Futures" (Belt, 2022 and 2020). Lecturer in the English Department Writing Program at University of Michigan.
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