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Commonplace #16
Some things that recently caught my interest
Feb 10 • Matthew Long
Speaking Truth in Love
A Patriot's Rebuke
Feb 9 • Matthew Long
An Ancient Problem
The Age of Noise: Reclaiming Thought in the Digital Age - Part Two
Feb 2 • Matthew Long

January 2026

What the Mountain Keeps
A Reading of James Baldwin's "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Jan 26 • Matthew Long
Personal Canon Formation - An interview with John Halbrooks
A Beyond the Bookshelf Profile
Jan 20 • Matthew Long and John Halbrooks
It’s Been Quite a Party: Journey and Friendship in McMurtry’s West
A guest essay by Matthew Long
Published on Personal Canon Formation • Jan 19
In conversation with Matthew Long
A recording from Matthew Long and Eleanor Anstruther's live video
Jan 14 • Matthew Long and Eleanor Anstruther
1:03:26
Commonplace #15
Some things that recently caught my interest
Jan 13 • Matthew Long
The Drowning Mind
The Age of Noise: Reclaiming Thought in the Digital Age
Jan 6 • Matthew Long

December 2025

Charting January
Navigating the passages between books and being
Dec 31, 2025 • Matthew Long
A Year with Homer: Reading The Iliad and The Odyssey
Navigating the passages between books and being
Dec 26, 2025 • Matthew Long
Peace
The Odyssey Book 24
Dec 19, 2025 • Matthew Long
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