The Fare Forward Interview with Alan Jacobs

Fare Forward talked to Alan Jacobs about reading old books, as well as other strategies for social reform, and what we, as Christians, are to make of the never-ending end of the world.

2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, 'The Waste Land ' and the plays, 'The Cocktail Party' and 'Murder in the Cathedral'. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5314 - Are Poets Really Necessary? - pub. 1951 (Photo by George Douglas/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Lazarus: In Memory of T.S. Eliot

By Rowan Williams. It is not despair, but rather an unflinching honesty about the real horrors of the world, that characterizes Eliot's later poems.

On the Meaning of C.S. Lewis’s Amateurism

By Charlie Clark. C.S. Lewis was a professor and a scholar. He was not a theologian—at least, not professionally.

The Loving Ones

A poet reads Auden and reflects on love, joy, and suffering in an anxious age.

Imago

"Imago" by Anna A. Friedrich

To a Friend’s Child

"To a Friend's Child" by Matthew J. Andrews

To a Poet (Akashic)

"To a Poet (Akashic)" by Jason Adam Sheets

[Say “what if?” is more dangerous than “why?”]

[Say “what if?” is more dangerous than “why?”] by MEH

The Technological Society Can’t Save Itself

By L.M. Sacasas. Drawing on the writings of Jacques Ellul, we can see that small adjustments to our practices will not be enough to alter our society’s relationship to technology.

The Spirit of ’43

A cocktail recipe for the end of the world.