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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Molecular Moral Forces 16: Life is Heat
Doubt is a necessary step in a larger process.
Doubt is a necessary step in a larger process. Some people try to elevate it into a worldview, which is like turning measurement into the whole of cookery. Infinite doubt is a kind of basilisk...
Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Ten Thoughts
OK, so, briefly: This is a film about a young indie director, far too trapped in her own head (the film’s assessment if not mine), who is asked to “reboot” a beloved but problematic series of 1980s slasher movies.
OK, so, briefly: This is...
Endless sand-reckonings
We need to reckon—doesn’t it seem to you?—with COVID learning loss. We also need to reckon with 2020, and how we went too far in reckoning with racism and sexism that year, but also how we didn’t go far enough. While we’re at it, we should...
There Is Only One Person On Earth Would Could Make "The Book of the New Sun" Into a Movie
Over the past four decades, Gene Wolfe’s confounding, brilliant fantasy, The Book of the New Sun, has emerged as one of the classics of the genre.
Over the past four decades, Gene Wolfe’s confounding, brilliant fantasy, The Book of the New...
Molecular Moral Forces 15: Willy James vs. Freddy Schopenhauer
One of my stupidest, most incorrigible habits is drawing up detailed and impossible plans of study or work.
One of my stupidest, most incorrigible habits is drawing up detailed and impossible plans of study or work. I no sooner finish one...
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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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