Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just off the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV
Elizabeth Stice
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Historian, runner, reader, writer, bbq enthusiast. EIC: Orange Blossom Ordinary
Elizabeth Stice reviews “The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian” by Emile Chabal (Belknap Press, 2026) www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/a-gi...
A Giant in the Field: a review of "The Age of Hobsbawm" by Emile Chabal — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Elizabeth Stice reviews "The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian" by Emile Chabal (Belknap Press, 2026). Both a towering public intellectual and a famous public communist, Hobsbawm ...
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William Skiles reviews “Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe” by Katja Hoyer (Basic Books, 2026) @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/the-...
A review of "Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer" — Orange Blossom Ordinary
The Tumult Between the Storms: William Skiles reviews "Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe" by Katja Hoyer (Basic Books, 2026). Hoyer examines the interwar years through the lens of a single, sign...
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Another great Penguin Travel and Adventure book lifetothefull.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
“Ten Years Under the Earth” by Norbert Casteret
Penguin Cerise: Travel and Adventure
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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Far from being irrelevant to the pursuit of personal ambition, criticism is a proving ground for thinkers and writers. It has been formative for generations of intellectuals. www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/the-...
The importance of criticism in the development of a writer (editorial) — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Far from being irrelevant to the pursuit of personal ambition, criticism is a proving ground for thinkers and writers. It has been formative for generations of intellectuals. Sharpen your skills: read...
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‘Statehood is usually taken to include having an army and a foreign policy; if a polis contributed to a larger navy run by another entity, or paid tribute to a larger empire or kingdom, was its autonomy diminished?’ Rosalind Thomas on ancient Greek city-states. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosalind Thomas · After Chaironeia
Classical Athens was a polis, but so was a tiny Arcadian town such as Orchomenos. In the second century AD, the obscure...
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Michael Jimenez reviews “Lou Reed: The King of New York” by Will Hermes (Picador, 2023). www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/the-...
The Irascible Lou: A review of "Lou Reed: The King of New York" by Will Hermes (Picador, 2023) — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Michael Jimenez reviews "Lou Reed: The King of New York" by Will Hermes (Picador, 2023). From troubled teen to rock and roller emeritus, Lou Reed led a dramatic life, always anchored in the city of Ne...
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Sarah Linville reviews “Exit Party” by Emily St. John Mandel (Penguin Random House, 2026) www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/the-...
The Light is Gorgeous While It Lasts: A review of "Exit Party" by Emily St. John Mandel — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Sarah Linville reviews "Exit Party" by Emily St. John Mandel (Penguin Random House, 2026). New fiction from Emily St. John Mandel, out September 2026.
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Book Club Editor Sarah Selden Linville introduces our next read, “Standing by Words” by Wendell Berry. You can join us online 10/20 at 7:30pm EST. www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/our-...
Our next book club: "Standing By Words" by Wendell Berry on Oct 20, 2026 — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Join us for an online conversation to honor Wendell Berry's memory by discussing his essay. Our Book Club Editor explains why.
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For everyone interested in the National Parks: An interview with Michael Childers, author of "The Mountains are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park" (University of Nebraska Press, 2026) @univnebpress.bsky.social www.orangeblossomordinary.com/interviews/i...
Author interview with Michael Childers, author of "The Mountains are Calling" — Orange Blossom Ordinary
An interview with Michael Childers about his new book, "The Mountains are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park" (University of Nebraska Press, 2026). It's a book about Yosemite...
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Johnna Ryan reviews “Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome” by Paul Chrystal (Reaktion Books, 2025) www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/so-w...
So weird, so wonderful: a review of "Miracula" by Paul Chrystal (Reaktion Books, 2025) — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Johnna Ryan reviews "Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome" by Paul Chrystal (Reaktion Books, 2025). This book looks at the classical world almost through the lens of "horri...
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Michael Jimenez reviews "Warhol’s Muses: The Artists, Misfits, and Superstars Destroyed by the Factory Fame Machine" by Laurence Leamer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2025) @mikeets14 www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/warh...
Warhol's Pleasure Island, a review of "Warhol's Muses" by Laurence Leamer — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Michael Jimenez reviews "Warhol’s Muses: The Artists, Misfits, and Superstars Destroyed by the Factory Fame Machine" by Laurence Leamer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2025)
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A review of "The Fires of Moloch: Anglican Clergymen in the Furnace of World War One" by Timothy Larsen (Oxford University Press, 2025) www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/a-fr...
Review, "The Fires of Moloch: Anglican Clergymen in the Furnace of World War One" by Timothy Larsen — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Elizabeth Stice reviews "The Fires of Moloch: Anglican Clergymen in the Furnace of World War One" by Timothy Larsen (Oxford University Press, 2025). During the Great War, seventeen British chaplains c...
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Gosling Press produces a range of long out of print Indian Army Regimental Histories, these are available direct or via Amazon. for more information have a look at www.goslingpress.co.uk
I wrote about why Wendell Berry is so influential and the extent of his generosity—even to PBA’s honors program and its leader. www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/09/wend...
Wendell Berry and the Choice of Life - Front Porch Republic
It would be hard to imagine the existence of Front Porch Republic without Wendell Berry. FPR is a project that does not compute.
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It’s a great day to check out our flâneur page. www.orangeblossomordinary.com/flaneur
The Flâneur: for the painter of everyday life — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Words and images from "passionate spectators." Inspired by Charles Baudelaire. For the curious observer. Postcards from life. The tradition of the flaneur continues in the twenty-first century. "An Ar...
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Oh we have MLMs in academia. We just call them subscription access journals bought by libraries but contributed to for free by their faculty.
From the Stacks: Geoffrey Reiter shares about the science fiction of Cordwainer Smith and how he used to find out about books back in the day. www.orangeblossomordinary.com/reviews/from...
From the Stacks: The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Geoffrey Reiter shares about the science fiction of Cordwainer Smith and how he used to find out about books back in the day.
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It’s publication day for Joseph Orso and his new book: "On the Threshold of Worlds: Tending My Father Before and After His Last Breath" (Front Porch Republic Books, 2026) Check out this interview! www.orangeblossomordinary.com/interviews/i...
An interview with Joseph Orso, author of "On the Threshold of Worlds" (Front Porch Republic Books) — Orange Blossom Ordinary
What does it mean to care for our loved ones as they are dying? Why might one choose a natural burial? Joseph Orso's new book explores all of that and takes a critical look at our society and its rela...
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You would have more to look forward to this week if you ordered this book.
It’s the hundredth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth. We’ve got an interview with Amy Gaskin, author of "Marilyn Forever! Marilyn Monroe—A Symbol of Hope" (Roche, 2026). www.orangeblossomordinary.com/interviews/i...
Interview with Amy Gaskin, author of "Marilyn Forever! Marilyn Monroe--A Symbol of Hope" — Orange Blossom Ordinary
Interview with Amy Gaskin, photographer and author of "Marilyn Forever! Marilyn Monroe—A Symbol of Hope" (Roche, 2026). It's the hundredth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth and this book is all ab...
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Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just off the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV
