Backward Mutters

Category: Authors

  • Original Sin

    Just got my copy of Alan Jacobs’ latest book. I’ve listened to Jacobs’ commentary on most things literary via Ken Myers’ Mars Hill Audio Journal. In fact, I’ve listened to him so much — especially Volume 77 and his extended discussion on C.S. Lewis — that I can actually hear…

  • Which One?

    I was at Barnes and Noble in Matthews last night with my friend, Jim the writer, to hear Tim Keller and get my copy of The Reason for God signed. A good crowd turned out — a lot of RTS-ers, I gather. I saw some of the old crowd Mark,…

  • Proverbs 5 and Great Poetry, Part 3

    A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNINGby John Donne As virtuous men pass mildly away,And whisper to their souls to go,Whilst some of their sad friends do say,“Now his breath goes,” and some say, “No.” So let us melt, and make no noise,No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ;‘Twere profanation of our joysTo tell…

  • Jacobs Jive

    Here are a couple of articles for you Christ and culture types by Alan Jacobs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows His Dark Materials Review MP3 from Mars Hill Audio Journal on His Dark Materials

  • BBC’s The Office: A 21st Century Pilgrim’s Progress

    David Brent: A Modern PilgrimDavid Brent battles a bevy of enemies: corporate, boorish friends, redundancy, and a comedy-less world. Eventually, Brent leaves the city of destruction, Wernham and Hogg and sets out on his own to find redemption. His journey ends in being able to put Finchy in his place…