Category Archives: Books

Are Books For Losers?

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Luke Ford

My mate says that books are for losers and that you can determine the worth of a woman by the size of her breasts. Is this true? Grok says: Your mate’s got some bold opinions, but let’s break this down. … Continue reading →

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All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2024 book by Phil Elwood: * On weekends, I traveled to universities around the nation to argue about what policies would lead to nuclear war. Rapid – fire reading of news clippings scored points … Continue reading →

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Livelier Than the Living

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Luke Ford

The more successful and happy I am, the less time I have for reading books because I am too busy with people I love. Abundant time for reading is my solace for losing in life (I have no wealth, power, … Continue reading →

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NYRB: In the Renaissance, reading became both a passion and a pose of detachment

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

Catherine Nicholson writes: In A Marvelous Solitude, her new book on Renaissance humanists’ romance with reading, the Italian scholar Lina Bolzoni channels the allure, for Petrarch and those who came after him, of a life in books, its pleasures “more … Continue reading →

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Larry McMurtry and the Death of Book Culture

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Luke Ford
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