Persuasion
Netflix’s film assumes that Jane Austen’s novel must be irrelevant now and modernized to fit current sensibilities.
Dante’s Indiana
The second entry in Randy Boyagoda’s Dante-esque trilogy carries the reader through a rollercoaster of a purgatorial journey.
The Wordhord
By blending Anglo Saxon words with modern language, Hana Videen shows us how close the English of the past is to the English of the present.
The Fare Forward Interview with Lisa Brahms
Lisa Brahms, PhD, is the Executive Director of CraftStudies, a nonprofit organization in White River Junction, Vermont, that has been dedicated to sparking creativity and connection through craft since its founding nearly 70 years ago. Fare Forward spoke to her about learning and play.
The Value of Uselessness
Philosophers Michael Oakeshott, Johan Huizinga, and Josef Pieper can show us the wisdom of play.
Choices at Play
An interactive story editor examines how in-game tensions between story and play teach us about real world agency.
Guessing Games
A fantasy football enthusiast considers modes of prediction and the fun of imagination.