Skip to main content

Mere Orthodoxy is a reader-supported endeavor. If you have been blessed by this ministry and would like to see us produce even more media for Christian renewal, will you join us in this work?

Reviewing Anthony Esolen's "Out of the Ashes"

March 10th, 2017 | 7 min read

By Jake Meador

I suspect the highest complement you can give a book written by a professor is that, upon finishing the book, you find yourself wishing that you could take a class with him. As I finished Anthony Esolen's Out of the Ashes my immediate response was precisely that—I wish there were a way I could study literature with Dr. Esolen. He can pick the books we read. I'm in.

Login to read more

Sign in or create a free account to access Subscriber-only content. 

Sign in

Register

Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

Topics:

Books