Editors

How the Essay Was Won and Where It Got Us
Tobias Carroll, Hazlitt

Three Conceptions: Laschian, Romantic, and Immaculate
Michael J. Sauter, Front Porch Republic

Book Review: Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier
Eric Wills, The Washington Post

The Everything Book: Reading in the Age of Amazon
Casey Newton, The Verge

Banyan
Sudeep Sen, The Poetry Foundation

Why We Need Museums Now More Than Ever
Zachary Fine, The New Republic

“Our society and culture are driving many to ask new questions about the meaning of life and to re-examine answers that had long been taken for granted. What can science contribute to the understanding of who we are? How do the new means of communication shape the perception of ourselves in . . . . Continue Reading »

Heaven
Nick DePascal, Poets

Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Nicholas Nixon & Susan Minot, New York Times

Never Date a Writer. You’ll End Up As Material
Chloe Schama, The Cut

‘Islamic Doll’ for Children Launched in Britain
Claire Carter, Mail Online

A Point of View: The Strangely Enduring Power of Kitsch
Roger Scruton, BBC News Magazine

Parish Available
Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, dotCommonweal

Always Winter, Never Christmas
B.D. McClay, Fare Forward

How Modern Art Became Trapped By Its Urge To Shock
Roger Scruton, BBC News Magazine

Computer Solving Problems with Inter-Relational Conflict Management Strategies
Clare Coffey, Babes in Babylon

The Truth is Concrete
Katie Peterson, Poetry Magazine

Holy Mary, Drenched in Symbolism
E.W., The Economist

Habits of Mind
Anthony Grafton & James Grossman, The American Scholar

A Weapon for Readers
Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books

Crib has to go, says court in France after atheists challenge Catholic region’s tradition
The Tablet

“The continued success of the Amish in transmitting their culture to the upcoming generation” has been Richard A. Stevick’s interest for years. His most recent book on the topic, a second edition of Growing Up Amish: The Rumspringa Year (Johns Hopkins UP), focuses particularly upon the challenges new information and social technologies pose to Amish communities. Continue Reading »

Lila: A Dissenting View
Linda Moore, Books & Culture

Oxford Dictionaries Adds ‘Duck Face,’ ‘Man Crush,’ and ‘Lolcat’
Katy Steinmetz, Time

Future Perfect
Iwan Morus, Aeon

Women Who Love Angels
Judith Cofer, Poetry Magazine

Militants Destroy Iraqi Convent
Sam Hardy, Hyperallergic

The Purest of Lines: Isao Takahata’s Final Bow
Michael Toscano, Curator

Pelicans in December
J. Allyn Rosser, Poetry Magazine

In Memoriam: Stratford Caldecott (1953 - 2014)
Communio