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  "PageContent": "<h3>Bob on Books - Thoughts on books, reading, and life</h3>Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.comThe Weekly Wrap: January 25-31Poetry Reading or Readings?I asked people on my Facebook page “Do you think you appreciate poetry more as written text or when it is spoken?”. Interestingly, most preferred the written text. However, the exception was those who wrote poetry. They preferred it spoken.Why the difference? From what I can tell, poets have a sense of the cadences, the rhythms of the lines and know better how to convey what they were trying to do. On the other hand, those who enjoy the written text like the opportunity to read the lines over and over again, to study the words, phrases, even how lines are arranged into verses.I’ve been posting readings of poems weekly on my Facebook page. I won’t pretend to be a great reader. But I’ve had people who don’t read poetry mention that the readings might make them reconsider. But what I would say is that reading poems aloud takes me more deeply into the poem. To read well means paying attention to the sound of words, words that recur, phrasing, which doesn’t always follow the written line or even verse. Then, it means trying to discern the mood and meaning of a poem to give that expression out loud. I have learned how hard this is, sometimes recording a dozen times or more.Of course, just as with audiobooks, a good reading is everything. One of the most memorable readings, really a performance, was the video of Michael Sheen’s rendering of “‘Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas. It’s intense and he captures the rage in “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” While reviewing it for this post, I happened to listen to several other different readings, each capturing something different.Actually, I think both reading the written text and hearing the poetry are important. And with some longer poems, a reading may be hard to follow. Likewise, some poets arrange their text visually in ways not reproducible orally, unless simultaneously projecting the text.All this is to say, if you struggle to get into poetry, you might try reading it aloud. Or search for someone who has read the poem. Follow along with the text. Give it a try and let me know what you think!Five Articles Worth ReadingThe articles I came across this week all seemed to explore what one might call “the big questions.” What was it about the unexamined life?Jennifer Szalai reviews two books on living a life that matters in “The Longing to Matter Is No Laughing Matter.”The rise of authoritarian leaders, our brave new technological world, global tensions, and our swiftly warming planet have left many with a lingering sense of existential dread. But this is not new. Livia Gershon explores philosophers and theologians who address this in “A History of Existential Anxiety.”He was on Colbert this week and turned up on a number of book sites I follow. George Saunders new novel, Vigil is getting a lot of attention. It concerns a ghost who comes to the dying, helping them make sense of their lives and meet their deaths. Julius Taranto reviews the book in “George Saunders Brings Morality Back to Fiction.“I spent my life as a campus minister longing for spiritual revival to break out on campuses. Recently, there have been upticks in religious activity leading some to proclaim this. Maggie Phillips notes all this and says “not so quick” in “There Is No Religious Revival.” The evidence is not that strong yet.Finally, Charles Mathewes reviews Jonathan B. Teubner’s Charity After Augustine in “Searching for Solidarity.” The article explores Augustine’s ideas of caritas and how it might help us both understand and address the rifts in our own social fabric.Quote of the WeekThomas Paine was born on January 29, 1737. He observed this interesting distinction between reputation and character:“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”Miscellaneous MusingsI love the idea of being shut in during a snow storm. Except that if you own a home, you have to think about digging out. There was so much snow that it took five sessions to clear it away over a couple of days. All I wanted to do when I came in was warm up, and rest my aching muscles! I think I finally got to that reading romance on Tuesday. So all those lovely memes of curling up with a book while the snow flies–I wish!Friday was the first day we received a regular mail delivery. But somehow, the folks from Paraclete Press got me Steven Garber’s new Hints of Hope. Steve is a good friend and a profound thinker. And I need some hope right now. Can’t wait to read it!Just began reading Robert MacFarlane’s Is a River Alive? That is the serious question of the book and MacFarlane is an eloquent writer. For him, rivers are not an “it.”Next Week’s ReviewsMonday: The Month in Reviews: January 2026Tuesday: Eugene H. Peterson, Answering GodWednesday: Jared Ayers, You Can Trust A God With ScarsThursday: Jennifer Houston McNeel, Under Her WingsFriday: Terry Pratchett, MortSo, that’s The Weekly Wrap  for January 25-31.Find past editions of The Weekly Wrap under The Weekly Wrap heading on this page.",
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