Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Contained Controversy
To describe the shifting relationship between religion and art, we must use the broad brush. Judaism and…
Finding Private Roy
By the late 1970s, when I attended public high school in rural, blue-collar Central New York, more…
B. F. Skinner Is Back
In the summer of 1942, Arthur D. Hyde, vice president in charge of research at General Mills,…
In the Stacks
The stacks referred to in the title of this column, as you may have guessed, are made…
Letters
I am writing not to address any particular article, but rather to register my concern about the…
Madonna and Child
First Place — 2025 First Things Poetry Prize
Not Versed in Country Things
Second Place — 2025 First Things Poetry Prize
For the Finders of Bodies in Murder Mysteries
Pray for her now, the cleaner arriving at dawn, unlocking, humming idly as she dusts till a…
Staying Put
Late autumn dusk, the hock-cart drawing near, The time of year and day becoming one As all…
Weightlifting in the Underground
Harold, the protagonist of Jordan Castro's new novel Muscle Man, is a Gulliver who doesn't travel. Or…
Prisoners, Princes, and Exorcists: New and Notable Books
On April 23, 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Nguyen Van Thuan coadjutor archbishop of Saigon in South…
The Question of Suicide
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Martin Lockerd joins…
That’s How You Get the Girl
Yesterday, at 1 p.m. EST, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Instagram: “Your English…
Faith Before Technology
How should Christians, in light of their faith, think about the recent explosion in the application of…
Winners of the Second Annual First Things Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce the winners of the second annual First Things Poetry Prize. T. O.…
