About

A few other things…

Contact me: (my name, just as it appears in the url) @gmail.com

To purchasers at bookstores:  All distribution has been limited to Amazon stores. Teachers who wish to use these commentaries in class may purchase the books from Amazon or ask their students to purchase the paperbacks themselves and use the free PDF files until their books arrive.

Purpose: I offer guided reading courses and write intermediate Greek and Latin commentaries for three reasons: the first reason is that I enjoy it; the other two reasons are that, having begun the Classical Languages late in life, I believe we ought to read more material better. And we need accountability as we do it.

Self-Publishing versus Traditional Publishing: I think both should be utilized in our modern era. I currently have a Confessions I-IV Pharr Commentary under contract with CUA and anticipate a new introductory Latin textbook with some traditional publisher. However, I remain committed to spreading as many free resources as possible and will continue to self-publish many individual commentaries.

A Short Biography: I received my B.A. in Latin at Hillsdale College, my M.A. in Greek, Latin and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College, and conducted four years of research under the Sonderforschungsbereich 923 (at the University of Tübingen). I have since moved back Stateside and live in Fayetteville, Arkansas with my wife and three kids.

I’m teaching humanities and helping to build the Upper School of a Classical Christian school here in the area – I get to deploy all the resources I’ve been storing for the last decade on a captive audience. Life couldn’t be better.