This is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I have not been able to update the blog with new essays for the past several weeks, in large part because I was writing a four-part lecture series that I delivered in March, and I have been writing a couple of book proposals that I have begun to shop around. With those large projects now behind me, my plan is to get back into the regular practice of writing each week.