Odysseus the middle-aged: a better guide for men than podcasts & self-help by Nicolás Boullosa on November 5, 2026 A bad translation ruined The Odyssey for me in high school. Emily Wilson’s superb English translation brought it back, along …
Competent gentleness: three Cold War engineers who built worlds for their families by Nicolás Boullosa on August 6, 2026 On an Ozark hillside and in the Maine woods, the quiet engineers of the postwar era are leaving, and handing …
Male stuff: ensuring boys turn out decent adults (hint: it’s not hyperparenting) by Nicolás Boullosa on February 26, 2026 Homecoming epics and schoolyard standoffs: raising decent boys in a culture that sells insecurity as manhood. Imagine growing up as …
