New Selection of Joseph Sobran Articles Released

Joseph Sobran: The National Review Years Now in Print

FGF Books, the publishing imprint of the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, has announced the release of JOSEPH SOBRAN: THE NATIONAL REVIEW YEARS: ARTICLES FROM 1974-1991, a selection of columns by Joseph Sobran.

Considered by many to one of the greatest essayists of the 20th century, Joseph was a prolific writer who was nationally-syndicated columnist for more than 30 years. He worked at William F. Buckley's National Review magazine in New York for 21 years, serving in various capacities, including senior editor. He was a sought-after speaker and his column was carried around the country. He died at age 64 in 2010. His biographical sketch can be seen here, http://www.fgfbooks.com/Sobran-Joe/Sobran-bio.html.

The 216-page hardcover volume includes 34 Sobran essays on a wide range of topics including politics, Christianity, culture, books, music, motion pictures, the Constitution, the sexual revolution, feminism, liberalism, secular humanism, totalitarianism, tyranny, gay rights, morality, the media, Shakespeare, baseball, and more.

Political commentator and bestselling author,* Patrick J. Buchanan,in his Foreword to the new book, said: "Sobran's voice was unique, his style readily identifiable, his wit irrepressible, his range as wide as that of any columnist of his generation."

Author of several bestselling books,* Ann Coulter,* described Sobran's writing in her Afterword to the book as follows: "Joe could say in a sentence what most writers would need an entire column to express. His specialty was to make blindingly simple points that would cut through mountains of sophistry."

Ronald Tacelli, S.J., of Boston College comments that "a whole new generation can now discover for itself that uniquely powerful, persuasive, elegant, trenchant - and hilarious - voice of his; a voice that speaks to us again in the pages of this marvelous book."

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