New Plough Column

it's back from the dead

I used to have a column on new books for Plough. I still do, but I used to, too. The last one came out last September, and after I finished that one I thought, I could use a break from this. It’s a lot of reading. I doubt anybody will miss it. And I was sick of the sound of my own voice, as happens periodically (every time I try to write anything). I di…