Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Talented Mr.
My latest for CiRCE is a brief reflection on my unlikely love for Patricia Highsmith and all the nasty things that algorithms do to our ability to love beauty. Read it here.
Proverbs
If you can’t say something nice, you’re probably trying to talk about the zeitgeist.
Introduction To Shakespeare
Today, my sophomore Humanities class began a four week study of Hamlet, and I opened our time in the play with a few comments on Harold Bloom’s introductory essay to Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. The lecture is available to download by clicking here.
Eugen Bracht
The Shore of Oblivion (1889)
20 Favorite Records Of All Time
20. Love Remains, How to Dress Well 19. Without You I’m Nothing, Placebo 18. Evening Star, Fripp & Eno 17. This is Hardcore, Pulp 16. Seventh Tree, Goldfrapp 15. The Celts, Enya 14. Lovely Thunder, Harold Budd 13. Carve Out the Face of My God, Infinite Body 12. The Boatman’s Call, Nick Cave & TheContinue reading “20 Favorite Records Of All Time”
20 Favorite Songs Of All Time
20. “Hope There’s Someone,” Antony & The Johnsons 19. “Always,” Erasure 18. “Here Comes the Flood,” Peter Gabriel 17. “Suicide Is Painless,” Bill Evans 16. “Life on Mars?” David Bowie 15. “Deer Stop,” Goldfrapp 14. “Heartbeats,” The Knife 13. “This,” Brian Eno 12. “Ambulance,” Blur 11. “Building A Mystery,” Sarah McLachlan 10. “Wish You WereContinue reading “20 Favorite Songs Of All Time”
Free Audio Version of “1983 (Church Calendar)”
I’ve recorded an audio version of my short story “1983 (Church Calendar),” which you can download here. “1983 (Church Calendar)” is taken from Blasphemers, my most recent book, which is available as an e-book on Amazon.
Interviewed:
Front Porch Republic interviewed me on the subject of classical education and you can read the interview here.
Now You Know This Is The End
“When he is stripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian.”― Nicolás Gómez Dávila
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 