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7:26

On a document folded double -- for a scholar, or a diplomat!

Jun 8 • Anthony Esolen

8:23

Commencement Day

On farewells, and returning home.

19 hrs ago • Anthony Esolen

To Sir With Love (1967)

A film about bringing order to chaos, by courage and love.

Jun 11 • Anthony Esolen

7:12

"In School-Days"

No one writes a poem like this one now, because no one has the feelings that nurtured it.

Jun 10 • Anthony Esolen

Teach Me, My God and King

Today's hymn features the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge -- where the poet, George Herbert, earned his degrees and served as a Fellow.

Jun 9 • Anthony Esolen

Books

The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord

“How does one describe a work as rare, as priceless, as this? Nourishment for the malnourished soul. Food for those hungry for beauty. Manna in the…

Mar 14, 2024 • Anthony Esolen

The Lies of our Time

Anthony Esolen, Translation with Notes

Dec 10, 2023 • Debra Esolen

Confessions (St. Augustine)

Anthony Esolen's Translation, with Notes

Dec 10, 2023 • Debra Esolen

In the Beginning was the Word

“This book is more than biblical interpretation. It is poetry — and poetry about the greatest work of poetry ever generated: the Prologue to John’s…

Nov 30, 2023 • Anthony Esolen

"With his customary wisdom and wit, Esolen draws on two millenia of historical thought, introducing his readers to giants such as Plato, Augustine…

Nov 29, 2023 • Anthony Esolen

Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

“Witty, provocative, and insightful. Parents will feel empowered and encouraged by Anthony Esolen’s uncommon sense.” — Michael Medved

Jan 21, 2023 • Anthony Esolen

"A true master of the moral imagination, Esolen breaks through the sentimental surface of nostalgia to reveal its hidden metaphysical depths in the…

Jan 20, 2023 • Anthony Esolen

Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture

"Out of the Ashes is an astonishing combination of energy, humor, insight, and exceptional erudition, topped off by a vivid personal style and a special…

Jan 20, 2023 • Anthony Esolen

Sex and the Unreal City

The Unreal City is a zany cartoon megalopolis where towers are built of cotton candy, facts scatter like pixie dust, and the truth is whatever you feel…

May 18, 2022 • Anthony Esolen

How the Church Has Changed The World

Collected Series of Magnificat Essays in Three Volumes

May 18, 2022 • Anthony Esolen

Defendng Boyhood

Drawing on his own in many ways all-American boyhood, Esolen --at times wistfully, at times, playfully, at times prophetically, and with the thunder of…

May 18, 2022 • Anthony Esolen

Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church

Real Music by Anthony Esolen (with accompanying CD of 18 hymns recorded by the St.

May 18, 2022 • Anthony Esolen

Top posts

"Bridge over Troubled Water"

Apr 1, 2023 • Debra Esolen

Prayer for My Daughter

Oct 16, 2024 • Anthony Esolen

Mar 17, 2025 • Anthony Esolen

What Wondrous Love Is This?

Aug 29, 2023

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Dec 11, 2025 • Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

reclaiming the good, the beautiful, and the true

Poem of the Week

7:12

"In School-Days"

No one writes a poem like this one now, because no one has the feelings that nurtured it.

Jun 10 • Anthony Esolen

A king tells his son how to make a good show of himself ...

Shakespeare teaches us about politicians and actors ...

Jun 3 • Anthony Esolen

7:54

Here's a memorial from one giant to another!

May 27 • Anthony Esolen

6:29

The Mower's Song

Good humor, shrewd wit, and penetrating observation -- a mower, meadows, and love. Can't miss!

May 13 • Anthony Esolen

8:13

Home-Thoughts, from Abroad

From Italy, Browning recalls England in the spring, and common beauties...

May 6 • Anthony Esolen

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