Berfrois

English Civil War

‘Out of this miserable slaughter our modern notions of the state were born, and Hobbes was their midwife…’

Book excerpt: ‘Awakening Joy’ by James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander
Podcast: Jerrold Levinson on Music and Eros
Slideshow: Famous Literary Drunks and Addicts
Short story: ‘Appetite’ by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Poetry podcast: Lesley Wheeler reads her poem Oral Culture
Photo essay: The Shooting War