Archive


More than thirty years of First Things articles at your fingertips.

Please note that some of our content may not be available on this web archive at this time. If you cannot find a specific article, please contact us.

Articles

Filter

Articles

Near Dawn

Eric Trethewey

Tugged out of bed by a dream,he enters the world, confrontscats stalking the hallway,aghast at this early walker.The moon, almost full, glowson the crust of old snow. Back in...

At Home

Eric Trethewey

This morning, early, I wakened to a knocking at the pane—an apple bough, fruit-laden, stirred by wind—and rose to the morning’s clear gift. Outdoors in sunlight, bending to the kind of labor that...