WHAT have you finish reading recently? Marce Catlett: The Force of Story, Wendell Berry.

WHAT are you currently reading? President without a Party, Christopher Leahy. An ….incredibly…..detailed….policy history of the Polk presidency. Also, Jon Meacham’s biography of Andrew Jackson. I am trying to resist reading more of President without a Party so it can be 2026’s first read, but I really want to move on from the level of exhausting political detail.

WHAT are you reading next? Most likely Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside their Rivalry to Save the Nation, Edward McClelland, but with the New Year coming, who knows? I like January to be a grab-bag of books.