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Exemplary

Glenn C. Arbery

A vagabond, seduced by impish godsTo jaywalk the downtown interstate, is dead.Addled with booze, he managed against the oddsTo hit rush hour, lifting, one woman said, That slow-down-buddy, wait-a-minute handBums use...

A Tragic Bent

Glenn C. Arbery

Fragile Objects:Short Storiesby katy carlwiseblood books, 318 pages, $15 In her collection of engaging and acutely observed short stories, Fragile Objects, Katy Carl shows a debt to Flannery O’Connor,...

An Apostle of Literature

Glenn C. Arbery

In the fall of 2021, a student at the University of Dallas asked me to give a tribute to Dr. Louise ­Cowan, one of the most famous faculty members...

The Poem Remembers

Glenn C. Arbery

Why Homer Matters 
by adam nicolson
 henry holt and co., 
320 pages, $30

 Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue: Creating the Foundations of Classical Civilization by peter j....

Search Me, O God

Glenn C. Arbery

What is most alarming about popular young adult novelist Cory Doctorow’s vision is the understanding of God that he proffers. Feeling the indifference of the universe does not plunge...

Reading Literature Faithfully

Glenn C. Arbery

Christianity and Literature by David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory P. Maillet InterVarsity, 292 pages, $24 In undertaking a work called Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice ,...

For Lucia, on Her Confirmation

Glenn C. Arbery

In Houston once, the candles running out Before we got to Easter Vigil (late), I held you up instead, and thought about The name you sometimes hate. I think...