I write and record essays about literature, philosophy, and the history of ideas, a.k.a. the records of the enduring human effort to understand reality through words. Reading, for me, teaches us the art of being beyond merely existing and that of seeing beyond simply looking.

Why does modernist literature written more than a century ago feel more relevant than ever?

Modernism emerged from a crisis of meaning, identity, and social order. In this video, I explore how the questions that motivated modernist writers to start a new literary tradition have evolved to shape our own moment, and how and why their work remain as indispensable guides to understanding our contemporary world.