The Last Book You'll Ever Read

On dreaming of death beds, reading about book burning, and thinking your way out of thought.

Nov 10 • 

Matthew Morgan

8

5

4

October 2025

The Only Way to Read a Book

“Begin at the beginning ... and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

Oct 27 • 

Matthew Morgan

18

11

3

Haunted by Choice

"The Haunting of Hill House" isn't just ghosts and haunted houses and family trauma — it's also about being unable to choose a pen.

Oct 20 • 

Matthew Morgan

8

3

4

Getting Away With It

“When the spaceship lands, how do they communicate?”

Oct 13 • 

Matthew Morgan

11

2

Myth and Memory

Getting happy-sad at the sound of a dial-up modem.

Oct 6 • 

Matthew Morgan

9

7

September 2025

Notes on Autumn

On Bill Bryson's New England, the ghosts of autumn past, and a hymn to the stuff you can’t measure in a test tube.

Sep 29 • 

Matthew Morgan

8

4

A Reader's First Love

“Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart.”

Sep 22 • 

Matthew Morgan

13

3

Life Versus Books

On Philip Roth's "The Ghost Writer", and whether life should be sacrificed for art.

Sep 15 • 

Matthew Morgan

16

10

8

The Gift of a Book

On becoming a gift giver, toys vs. books, and Wodehouse as a remedy for lost laughter.

Sep 8 • 

Matthew Morgan

18

9

5

The Wood Between the Worlds

"Half-baked, barely functioning, eat-food-make-shit machines..."

Sep 1 • 

Matthew Morgan

6

5

1

August 2025

Isherwood's Magic Trick

On Christopher Isherwood's "A Single Man", and a dark room filled with skeletons.

Aug 25 • 

Matthew Morgan

7

4

2

A Question of Judgement

A 3,000 foot view of "Inferno", moral responsibility, and learning to discern the good from the bad.

Aug 18 • 

Matthew Morgan

5

2

1