Walker Larson

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Walker Larson
Walker Larson holds a BA in writing and an MA in English literature. Prior to becoming a writer, he taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin. He is the author of two novels, Hologram and Song of Spheres. When not working on his acreage or spending time with family and friends, he blogs about literature and education on his Substack, The Hazelnut.

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The Importance of Learning About Local History and Culture 4
- Culture, Featured, History
- August 20, 2024
A human community, then, if it is to last long, must exert a sort of centripetal force, holding local soil and local memory in place. Practically speaking, human society has no work more important than this. These are the words of farmer and writer Wendell Berry in his essay “The Work of Local Culture.” We
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Literary Theory Was Corrupted, But There Are Signs of Hope 6
- Education, Featured, Literature
- August 19, 2024
I didn’t have a name for it. I just knew I hated it. That’s how I felt when I first began studying literature at a public university and encountered a morass of muddled ideas about literature, language, and truth that all but spoiled the beauty and art of great books, which was what had caused
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Why Doing Nothing Changes Everything 0
- Culture, Featured
- August 15, 2024
Recently, I was marooned on a roadside where there was—I shudder to say it—no internet connection. I was waiting for my wife to pick me up and had only my own thoughts and the scenery with which to beguile time. The scenery was quite spectacular: ancient Wisconsin bluffs burgeoning in the background wearing the shimmering
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What Johnny Cash’s ‘Hurt’ Teaches Us About Aging and Fame 5
- Entertainment, Featured
- August 8, 2024
In the 1980s, Johnny Cash, the former king of country, was increasingly marginalized and forgotten. After a series of failed albums, Columbia, his label of 25 years, dropped him. But his career was not quite over. Producer Rick Rubin saw Cash perform alongside Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden in 1992 and recognized that “the
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