Wrestling Coach Bets on Tolstoy and Dante to Save the Classics—and Young Men
Joshua D. Phillips Blends Heavy Lifts and Epic Lit to Battle the Reading Crisis
What’s the connection between weightlifting, wrestling, and the Western literary canon? Say what you like about X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, but you meet a lot of fascinating people there. That’s how my paths crossed with Joshua D. Phillips, a wrestling coach and college professor who posts about Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Dant…
