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Essays

Extended essays on belief and its aftermath: doubt, grief, ritual, inherited tradition and the decision to stay or leave. Personal writing sits beside critical argument, and neither resolves the question for the reader. For people who read essays slowly and return to them.

Four vintage notebooks stacked and tied with string beside a brass pen
Essays

C. S. Lewis: A Grief Observed

Four school notebooks, a borrowed name, and the book in which Lewis priced his own consolations.

Javier HughesJanuary 8, 2026 · 5 min read