Archive - The Biblioracle Recommends

Wendell Berry: Example, not Exemplar

Thoughts on the passing of a poet/essayist/novelist/farmer/human being.

Sep 6 • John Warner

August 2026

Maintaining Your Ignorance

What happens when your naiveté is gone?

Aug 30 • John Warner

Experience and Epiphany

Aug 23 • John Warner

Let's Try to Not Become Huge Dopes

This is proving tougher than it should be.

Aug 16 • John Warner

Refusing Suspicion

Why I won't be making use of Pangram.

Aug 9 • John Warner

July 2026

Time away and a roundup of Canadian writers you might not know.

Jul 26 • John Warner

Dave Eggers on Writing, Art, and "Contrapposto"

Also, what will get kids to "run through walls" with their writing.

Jul 14 • John Warner

Covers and Covering

This is about yacht rock, and so much more!

Jul 12 • John Warner

The Pursuit of Happiness

A declaration of interest.

Jul 5 • John Warner

June 2026

Step One: Get Elites to Stop Helping the Authoritarians and Oligarchs

If you believe in democracy - and I do - the first step is to marginalize the people who don't.

Jun 28 • John Warner

Restaurants, Life, and Getting Straight with Yourself with Kevin Boehm

A leading restaurateur has a heck of a story.

Jun 23 • John Warner

Sometimes you whiff

Jun 21 • John Warner

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