Category Archives: Essays

Introduction to “Boxes of Time”

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Robert Nagle

Thoughts about the latest Jack Matthews story collection BOXES OF TIME [Book Excerpt by Robert Nagle] Continue reading →

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Hanger Stout, Awake! at 50 Years: A Rumination

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Robert Nagle

In May 2018, to commemorate 51 years after initial publication, Personville Press will release a 2nd edition of Hanger Stout, Awake. The second edition will include this  new preface which I wrote for it.   When author Jack Matthews (1925-2013) talked … Continue reading →

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10 Books to Better Understand America (by Author Jack Matthews)

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Robert Nagle

Two years ago Matthews created  this list, writing, “Gordon Graham, founder & erstwhile editor of the periodical LOGOS in the UK asked me to list 10 books I’d recommend to educated, English-speaking foreigners to understand the US, so I happily … Continue reading →

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Jack Matthews on Actors

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Robert Nagle

Here’s some brief thoughts which Jack Matthews made about actors and the theatre: Since writing a book on Schopenhauer a few years ago, I often find myself thinking about the dark sentiments voiced by that old philosopher. My thoughts often … Continue reading →

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Jack Matthews on the memoir of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Son

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Robert Nagle

Jack Matthews has a new essay appearing in August 15 Chronicle Review: It is no surprise to literary scholars that Henry David Thoreau was soaked in Emerson’s thinking, but Julian tells us that even the younger man’s handwriting was like … Continue reading →

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