Alan Jacobs

I wrote about John and Paul.

My bet is that Nico Harrison will trade the rights to the number 1 pick to Cleveland in exchange for Tristan Thompson. 🏀

I had a good time corresponding with Phil Christman about John Milton, his great big poem, and Wlliam Blake.

This seems a good time to mention that the “X is dead” discourse has been mighty strong these past few years, and I wrote about it here and here. The quote at the end of that second post, which my buddy Austin Kleon sent me, is essential.

I am blessed to have spent a career working in places that feature expanses of grass and many trees, but today, as I made my way to the office while dodging — or detouring around — earthmovers, road graders, bulldozers, and jackhammers, I was not feeling as grateful as usual. (And as I type these words some kind of drill has just started up somewhere in my building.)

I wrote about why it may not matter that much if we’re in a period of cultural stagnation, and what matters instead.

End-of-term vibe 

Kevin Miyazaki’s “fictional publication containing only facts.” 

Papam habemus e Chicago!! 

(Honestly, I have no idea what to make of this decision … I never imagined they’d elect an American of any description.)