Thomas J. Millay, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, and the author of You Must Change Your Life: Søren Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Reading (Cascade Press, 2020) and Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism (Lexington Press, 2021). His fiction has been published in The Blotter and his poetry in Earth & Altar.
Thomas J. Millay
Articles
Mathematical Tragedy: On Cormac McCarthy’s “Stella Maris”
Thomas J. Millay reviews Cormac McCarthy’s novel “Stella Maris.”
Our Senses at Night: On Teju Cole’s “Black Paper”
Thomas J. Millay looks at "Black Paper," the latest book from Teju Cole.
Holy Simplicity: On Louise Erdrich’s “The Night Watchman”
Thomas J. Millay reviews Louise Erdrich's new novel, "The Night Watchman."
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Superintelligent AI: On Wiliam Gibson’s “Agency”
Thomas Millay reviews "Agency," the latest book from William Gibson.
Remember to Forget: Patrick Modiano’s “Sleep of Memory”
Patrick Modiano's "Sleep of Memory" manages to attach a feeling not just of unease but of genuine terror to the past.
Annotations of Pain: First Love in “The Only Story”
Thomas J. Millay finds Julian Barnes’s “The Only Story” a perplexing, profoundly enjoyable story about the phenomenology of love.
Completing the Portrait: John Banville Tells Us What Isabel Archer Does Next
Thomas J. Millay reviews John Banville's "Mrs. Osmond," his continuation of "The Portrait of a Lady."
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