BLOG

Aaron Mead

Nov 217 min read

Book Review: Shield the Joyous, by Chad Holley

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

Aaron Mead

Sep 29, 20235 min read

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

Mar 31, 20237 min read

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

Jan 6, 20234 min read

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

Aug 14, 20224 min read

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

Oct 6, 20204 min read

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

Aug 6, 20173 min read

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

Jun 4, 20172 min read

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...