Jeff Bilbro's Convivial Quest

The editor-in-chief of the FPR website discusses the recent conference in Grand Rapids and his latest book, Words for Conviviality.

Highlights

1:00 Pacific Northwesterner in western PA

8:00 Prospects for localism and trad wives now

11:00 Bilbro’s obsessive bibliography

17:00 Printing press 2.0 and Postman problems

25:30 Frederick Douglass, cancer patient

30:00 Margaret Fuller, proto-podcaster

35:00 Melville’s pilgrimage and Jeff’s truck stop oats

40:00 A convivial reading

Resources

Jeff's bio and buy the book (and some more books)

FPR’s excerpt (suitable for nailing on church doors)

Exploring Ivan Illich on the podcast

John reviews Jeff’s early works here and here

Wendell Kimbrough helps us find our way home