Insightful Essays

Anton Reicha: The String Quartets

2026-09-06T00:00:00Z

Anton Reicha was an exact contemporary of Beethoven and his own highly individual and ambitious conception of what instrumental music could be after Haydn, but that music was largely forgotten, and most accounts of Reicha fail to depict what's interesting about it. Drummond turned me on to Reicha almost a decade ago, and how I am obsessed.

Anton Reicha: The String Quartets by Ron Drummond, classical.net · archived copy

The String Theory

2026-09-06T00:00:00Z

Pro tennis, experienced courtside, is its own aesthetic universe, which David Foster Wallace captures better than other writers I'm aware of.

The String Theory by David Foster Wallace (1996), esquire.com · archived copy

Federer as Religious Experience

2026-09-06T00:00:00Z

More good tennis writing by DFW.

Federer as Religious Experience by David Foster Wallace (2006), nytimes.com · archived copy

Kenny Felder's Essays

2026-09-06T00:00:00Z

Clever essays on philosophy that combine extreme clarity and insight ("oh yeah, that's right, that's exactly how I'd put it if I could!") with a sort of outsider perspective.

Kenny Felder's Essays by Kenny Felder, felderbooks.com · archived copy