Literature against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida

A Defence of Poetry

1995

Nightmare on Main Street

Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic

1997

Pocket Hole Joinery

2014

Self and Soul

A Defense of Ideals

2015

Song of Ourselves

Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy

2021

Teacher

The One Who Made the Difference

2002

The Age of Guilt

The Super-Ego in the Online World

2023

The Death of Sigmund Freud

The Legacy of His Last Days

2007

The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll

A Memoir

2010

The Heart of the Humanities

Reading, Writing, Teaching

2018

Why Football Matters

My Education in the Game

2014

Why Read?

2004

Why Teach?

In Defense of a Real Education

2013

Why Write?

A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

2016