The Long, Bright Shadow of Russell Kirk

Alan Cornett on Kirk’s Penchant for Halloween and Ghost Stories, Plus Other Bookish Diversions

Many will know Alan Cornett as the host of the Cultural Debris Podcast, a show about, as he says, the “flotsam that the culture at large may not value, but some of us in the row boat still do.” Some will also know him as the cofounder of Cultural Debris Excursions, which leads small group trips to Europe and beyond.

Given that Cornett hails from the Appa…