The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
The Historical Consciousness of George Garrett
This essay on George Garret appeared in a special volume of the Texas Review devoted to Garret.
Tuscan Histories: The Salian Dynasty
With the death of Henry II (1024), the male line of the Saxon Emperors failed entirely. His successor Conrad II, was a Franconian or Salian Frank who traced his descent from the daughter of Otto I.
Wednesday’s Child: Forgiveness Sunday
I once read somewhere that the tradition of Forgiveness Sunday, with which last week ended for the Orthodox, arose in Egypt, when monks bid their farewells to each other before leaving the safety of the monastery to wander in the desert for Great Lent. In Russian we still use the same word for “farewell” and “forgive.”
Anthony Bukoski responds to Randall Ivey
I enjoyed Randall Ivel’s article on William Goyen. The House of Breath is one of my favorite novels.
Internationalizing the Second Amendment
A Federal judge in Illinois has ruled that an illegal immigrant has the right to own and carry a firearm
Tuscan Histories: The Empire Revives
Italian Medieval History could be read as a series of conflicts between the Empire (first Greek, then German) and the Republic of Saint Peter. Tuscany in general and its counts were caught in the middle.
William Goyen: Texas’ Literary Rebel by Randall Ivey
We are honored to be able to publish this fine essay by Randall Ivey, well-known novelist and essayist, on the once-famous Texas writer, William Goyen.
Tuscan Histories: Lucca, Part I
The histories of Lucca and Pisa are closely interconnected. Although Pisa, Florence, and Siena will be our primary focus, some attention should be paid to Lucca, which played so prominent a part in Roman and Medieval Tuscan history.
Wednesday’s Child: The Language Kitchen
They say that learning a foreign language alters the brain or, to use the term favored by soulless materialists, rewires it. In fact, contemporary scientific opinion has it that multilingualism boosts gray matter, increasing the number of neurons in the brain, and heightens the vitality of white matter, increasing the speed at which their impulses travel.