So here you'll find occasional reflections on movies, books, television shows, music.
One of the most illuminating reflections on the book I have come across is by the photographer Stacy Oborn, on her always-stimulating website, the Space In Between.
In the last few pages – reflections on the book he is now most famous for, The God Delusion – he takes a calmer line than in some of his recent social media excursions.
In 1886, Nietzsche's book was reissued with a revised title, The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism (Die Geburt der Tragödie, Oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus), along with a lucid and revealing prefatory essay — "An Attempt at Self-Criticism" — which expresses Nietzsche's own critical reflections on the book, looking back fourteen years.
But we are not interested simply in filling theatres for the sake of it: we hope to provide an intellectual framework, a series of themes to knit the programme together and offer a reflection on why books and reading play such an important role in our lives.
Based on the success of last years series, we asked PEN members, supporters, and staff -- writers and editors of all backgrounds and genres -- to send us their reflections on the banned books that matter most to them.
In his reflection on the book, Young references Rawls (A Theory of Justice author) as one "who recognizes the danger that a fair opportunity could lead to 'a callous meritocratic society.'" This abstract perspective starts to have more immediate relevance when we hear Paul Ryan making the claim that, "We promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes".
Obama and McCain each followed up these spectacularly successful books with less adventurous reflections on their senatorial careers, books that nonetheless underscored their identities as independent and introspective political figures.
Not all 720 pages of it - 10 per cent is down to Melville, the rest is Laurie's 'meditations and reflections on this powerful book'.
