BOOKS AND LETTERS

BOOKS AND LETTERS

A Proposal for Promoting a Liberally Educated Working and Creative Class in America

The first newsletter of 2023

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Scott Postma
Jan 14, 2023
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This is my first newsletter of 2023 and I wanted to use the opportunity to tackle one of my goals for 2023—launch The Poiema Reading Society.

Allow me to unpack this a little…

In a letter written to St. John de Crèvcoeur on January 15, 1787, Thomas Jefferson noted that, "Ours are the only farmers who can read Homer." This little gem might just be one of …

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