Jack Matthews on the memoir of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Son
Jack Matthews has a new essay appearing in August 15 Chronicle Review: It is no surprise to literary scholars that Henry David Thoreau was soaked in Emerson’s thinking, but Julian tells us that even...
View ArticleJack Matthews on Actors
Here’s some brief thoughts which Jack Matthews made about actors and the theatre: Since writing a book on Schopenhauer a few years ago, I often find myself thinking about the dark sentiments voiced by...
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10 Books to Better Understand America (by Author Jack Matthews)
Two years ago Matthews created this list, writing, “Gordon Graham, founder & erstwhile editor of the periodical LOGOS in the UK asked me to list 10 books I’d recommend to educated,...
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Hanger Stout, Awake! at 50 Years: A Rumination
In May 2018, to commemorate 51 years after initial publication, Personville Press will release a 2nd edition of Hanger Stout, Awake. The second edition will include this new preface which I wrote for...
View ArticleIntroduction to “Boxes of Time”
(Here’s an essay written by Personville editor Robert Nagle for Boxes of Time, the 2024 story collection by Ohio author Jack Matthews) Every time I prepare another ebook by author Jack Matthews...
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