I've added a sidebar link to a blog I just discovered (via
Paul Collins, who is excellent for such things),
Steamboats Are Ruining Everything. Literature, history, politics ... this one's got a little of everything, and I like it. Beyond the blog there are some links to pieces the author (Caleb Crain) has written elsewhere, including a fascinating
piece from
American Literary History which features a Union alum, the very odd Henry Wikoff.