Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Poets’ Favorite Season
One day in 1956, a poet was sitting at his desk, thinking back eighteen years. On an…
Coming Attractions for 2020
As I did last November, I want to tell you about a handful of books I’m particularly…
Defining “Evangelical”
Who Is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisisby thomas s. kiddyale, 200 pages, $26…
On Wounded Shepherds
Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Churchby austen ivereighhenry holt and co., 416…
All About Evangelicals
Lately I’ve been rereading and (with Wendy) listening to the stories collected in G. K. Chesterton’s The…
Fermata
Let us go then, up the long stairs and down the hall,Through…
Don’t See Joker
Don’t see the new Joker film, directed by Todd Phillips and starring an Oscar-starved Joaquin Phoenix. I…
Why You Should Read Peter Handke
As always, I’m writing for anyone willing to take the time to read. But in this instance,…
Houellebecq and the Death of Europe
Serotonin: A Novelby michel houellebecqfarrar, straus and giroux, 320 pages, $27 Europe is old, decrepit, and suffering…
Historical Clarity and Today’s Catholic Contentions
One of the curiosities of the 21st-century Catholic debate is that many Catholic traditionalists (especially integralists) and…
God, Country, Notre Dame
On September 27, the Sheen Center in Manhattan hosted an event with Father Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., author…
Of Cigarettes and Grace
The dramatic action of grace is rooted in Christology: Christ descended into the world and passed through the…
Heaven Is Above Me
Every year I am surprised by which books turn out to be (for me) among the most…
Toni Morrison, Novelist of Forgiveness
The list of reasons to admire novelist Toni Morrison—who died two weeks ago, at age eighty-eight—is long.…
Currency and the Common Good
Aristotle defines money as “the substitute for need.” Currency enables us to acquire basic necessities, since it…
