By: Joshua Glenn

Tom Joad’s “army last” shoes — from The Grapes of Wrath.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ignatius O’Reilly’s suede desert boots — from A Confederacy of Dunces.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ed Gentry’s white tennis shoes — from Deliverance.

By: Joshua Glenn

Chaplain Tappman’s rubber-soled shoes — from Catch-22.

By: Joshua Glenn

Stephen Dedalus’ broadtoed boots — from Ulysses.

By: Matthew Battles

Why are lowbrow utopias haunted by quatsch?

By: Matthew Battles

A delightful legacy technology of the bibliosphere.

By: Joshua Glenn

“‘Grow up!’ — that is the motto of Highbrow.”

By: Matthew Battles

Discovering love and forgiveness in the shaping of letters.

By: Joshua Glenn

The man who rescued Harper’s from Middlebrow.

By: Joshua Glenn

Millennial Middlebrow!

By: Matthew Battles

To analyze is to misinterpret.

By: Joshua Glenn

The 21st century has the potential to become a new Dark Age.

By: Joshua Glenn

Or is it “Plastic Man”?

By: Matthew Battles

So long as the coarse texture of pop is not touched by a paltry culture…