Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes — A Review
Most people know Charles Darwin the way they know a monument: imposing, fixed, slightly remote….
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death by Albert Camus: The Weight of Being Alive
Few books ask more of a reader than one assembled from the political writings of…
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus — On Absurdity, Revolt, and the Strange Dignity of Being Alive
Camus opens The Myth of Sisyphus with what is still one of the most arresting…
The Briefcase Maker Across from the Brewster House: Leather, Spies, and the Geography of a Craft
My Marcellino NY workshop in Setauket sat directly across from the Brewster House, c. 1665 — the oldest building in Brookhaven and a Culper Spy Ring landmark. What that place meant, and why I’m going back.
The Dying Art of the Cobbler
From 120,000 cobbler shops before World War II to roughly 3,500 today. The decline of shoe repair is not just an industry statistic. It is a mirror held up to who we’ve become.
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey — What It Costs to Give Your Life to Something That Can’t Love You Back
A review of Dian Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist — the book behind the obsession, the science, the violence, and what it means to give your life to something that can’t love you back.
