Place. Limits. Liberty.
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Just a reminder that we have a weekly email that highlights what's happening on the Porch. You can sign up here: buttondown.email/FrontPorchR…
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about fantasy, salmon, and Springfield. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about fantasy, salmon, and Springfield. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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This is another great issue.
Jason Peters introduces the new issue of Local Culture. Subscribe now to get this issue in your mailbox! "We are sometimes lucky enough to encounter a book at just the right moment." frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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Spend some time with Teddy Macker's interview with David Orr: frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
Jason Peters introduces the new issue of Local Culture. Subscribe now to get this issue in your mailbox! "We are sometimes lucky enough to encounter a book at just the right moment." frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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What does it mean to know, love, steward, and truly own land? It is more than holding the deed.
My latest at @FrontPorchRepub
Frank DeVito confronts the practical side of loving your place: "As time passes, I realize [that] this idea of loving one’s home, one’s land, one’s place often threatens to exist more as an abstract idea than as a lived reality."
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For all the "Anne of Green Gables" faithful
Holly Stockley explores Anne Shirley's relationship to place across all eight books of the iconic series by L. M. Montgomery: "Like Anne, we can turn our efforts and affection to the place we are now. We, too, can love places other than Green Gables."
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Great essay from Holly today.
I have a new piece on Front Porch Republic this morning. October always makes me think of Anne of Green Gables.
"Anne Turns on Affection" frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
Frank DeVito confronts the practical side of loving your place: "As time passes, I realize [that] this idea of loving one’s home, one’s land, one’s place often threatens to exist more as an abstract idea than as a lived reality."
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They picked out such a lovely photo for my essay, too.
Holly Stockley explores Anne Shirley's relationship to place across all eight books of the iconic series by L. M. Montgomery: "Like Anne, we can turn our efforts and affection to the place we are now. We, too, can love places other than Green Gables."
frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
Holly Stockley explores Anne Shirley's relationship to place across all eight books of the iconic series by L. M. Montgomery: "Like Anne, we can turn our efforts and affection to the place we are now. We, too, can love places other than Green Gables."
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Justin Rapp meditates on the promised land and his own journeys in the American southwest. This is the lesson, he writes that, "I spent three years teaching my family and wish I could receive in turn."
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about anarchism, maxxing, and baseball. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about anarchism, maxxing, and baseball. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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Thanks to @ZachLahn for taking the time to talk with me about his campaign for Iowa governor.
In an interview with FPR writer Adam Smith, Zach Lahn shares his motivations and major influences as a farmer involved in politics. He reflects on those who believe "in stewarding creation and being an American."
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Since the @FrontPorchRepub conference last weekend I've been thinking about AI. Maybe I have the wrong impression, but I walked away with the sense that most other participants think AI is smoke and mirrors/can only generate slop/is a giant distraction. (1/x)
Michial Farmer reviews a new collection of Dwight MacDonald essays: "He is unwilling to accept dogma of any kind, including the ones he has forged for himself." frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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This is what happens when you spend too much time with @FrontPorchRepub: theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Grateful for this review of Resisting Therapy Culture from @FrontPorchRepub !
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In an interview with FPR writer Adam Smith, Zach Lahn shares his motivations and major influences as a farmer involved in politics. He reflects on those who believe "in stewarding creation and being an American."
frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…