Conversations

’A Small Rebellion Against the Machine’

Poet Seth Wieck on Writing in the Margins, Memorizing Verse Behind the Wheel, and His Debut Collection ‘Call Out Coyote’

May 6 • Joel J Miller

Getting Lost Where You Live

Noticing the World Around Us: A Conversation with Novelist Denise S. Robbins

Apr 4 • Joel J Miller

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

Mar 11 • Joel J Miller

‘Just Launch and Raise a Flag. People Show Up’

Talking with Stewart Brand about Books, Technology, and the Maintenance of Everything

Feb 25 • Joel J Miller

The Terrible Books of Terrible Men

My Conversation with Daniel Kalder on What He Learned While Reading Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Gaddafi, and Other Prolific Despots

Jan 24 • Joel J Miller

Yes, Socrates Was a Hypocrite

Plus Reviews from Booklist, TGC, and Front Porch Republic—And a Favor to Ask

Nov 29, 2025 • Joel J Miller

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Why We’re Still Obsessed with Dead Greeks

Talking about the Classics with Nadya Williams

Nov 12, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Seeing Goodness More Clearly

Shemaiah Gonzalez Talks about Fighting for Joy, Making Life Work as a Writer, More

Oct 29, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Called to the Good, True, and Beautiful

Talking Vocation with Karen Swallow Prior

Oct 22, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Philosophy Not Working for You?

Perhaps You’re Not Making Enough Use of It. My Conversation with Agnes Callard

Oct 15, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Prompted: Should Students Use AI, and How?

When ChatGPT Writes Better Than Your Average Term Paper, Maybe the Problem Isn’t the Student—or Even the Tool

Jun 9, 2025 • Joel J Miller and Hollis Robbins

Fragile Inheritance: How Free Speech Was Won and Could Be Lost

A Conversation with Jacob Mchangama on the Long History—and Uncertain Future—of Our Most Essential Liberty

May 5, 2025 • Joel J Miller and Jacob Mchangama

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