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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Gregory Alan Isakov: A Master of Modern Folk Music 1
- Entertainment, Featured
- October 28, 2024
Maybe it’s the fact that Gregory Alan Isakov also works as a farmer, supplying some hundred CSAs and a few restaurants in Boulder, that makes his music so earthy, raw, and real. Isakov’s lyrics and sound–like his plants–are deeply rooted in the landscape, specifically the Western U.S. South-African born but residing in the U.S. since
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What is Modern Malaise? Exploring Binx’s Search in ‘The Moviegoer’1
- Culture, Featured, Literature
- October 25, 2024
In Walker Percy’s National Book Award–winning novel The Moviegoer, the protagonist, a restless and dislocated stock broker, Binx Bolling, sets out on a search. It’s the eve of his 30th birthday, and his trips to the movies and flings with his various secretaries have failed to satisfy him. Adrift in a world where tradition is
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Keeping Courage, Resisting Groupthink: The Great Escape of Mary Queen of Scots 2
- History, Culture, Featured
- October 24, 2024
For a teenage boy like Willy Douglas, there was bound to be something appealing about the tall, beautiful, spirited, and forsaken 24-year-old queen imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, which lay on an island in the middle of a gray lake in lowland Scotland. Is it any wonder that 16-year-old Willy and his 18-year-old cousin George set
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Does the American Dream Really Cost $4.4 Million?1
- Culture, Economics, Featured
- October 18, 2024
Is the American Dream still possible? As inflation continues to bloat prices, we hear this question bandied about with increasing frequency. The answer depends a lot on how we define the “American Dream.” Investopedia’s version of the dream costs some $4.4 million over a lifetime—a figure that may place it out of reach for many
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