Category Archives: Books

You Can’t Padlock an Idea

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Uncomely and Broken

“You can padlock a building,” Myles Horton said of the closing of the Highlander Folk School in 1959. “But you can’t padlock an idea. Highlander is an idea. You can’t kill it and you can’t close it. … It will … Continue reading →

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RIP Stanley Crouch

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

Stanley Crouch came to speak at Sewanee in the mid-2000s as part of the “How Then Shall We Live?” series. Below is the author picture he sent. When I picked him up at the Nashville airport, he emerged from the … Continue reading →

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Who’s ready for another marginal mystery?

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

OK, so my posts–here, here, and here–about the mysterious notations on the flyleaf of an 18th century edition of Cicero’s works have led to discussions with various and sundry folks that have been a great deal of fun. So, here’s … Continue reading →

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