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Book Review: Shield the Joyous, by Chad Holley
A review of my friend Chad Holley's stunning debut novel, Shield the Joyous.

Aaron Mead
Nov 22, 20247 min read
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Was the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?
Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified? Evan Thomas's new book THE ROAD TO SURRENDER did nothing to quench my doubts.

Aaron Mead
Sep 29, 20235 min read
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Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow on How to Find Your Calling
Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow, gives clues about how to find your calling.

Aaron Mead
Mar 31, 20237 min read
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Were My Ancestors Pro-slavery Preachers?
Bishop William Meade, a pro-slavery preacher, may be my ancestor. My novel, Neither Slave nor Free, alters that shameful family story.

Aaron Mead
Jan 6, 20234 min read
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A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord: Giacometti Fixed My Head
James Lord's portrait of Alberto Giacometti helps understand artistic restlessness and discontent.

Aaron Mead
Aug 14, 20224 min read
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A Lesson in Anti-Racism: Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black
Washington Black suggests we should oppose racism not because it's morally wrong, but because we care about those who suffer from it.

Aaron Mead
Oct 6, 20204 min read
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I, Claudius by Robert Graves
As part of the research for my fiction project telling the backstory of Philemon in the New Testament, I recently read I, Claudius by...

Aaron Mead
Aug 6, 20173 min read
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Ahab’s Failure to Forgive
I’ve been reading Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick and came across the following passage describing how Ahab’s mania for the great white...

Aaron Mead
Jun 4, 20172 min read
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