Arts & Letters
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Non Possumus
Kidnapped by the Vatican? The Unpublished Memoirs of Edgardo Mortaraby vittorio messoriignatius, 190 pages, $17.95 At nightfall on…
Saint and Scribe
Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul IIby george weigelbasic, 368 pages, $32 Czesław…
Mary McCarthy’s Clarity
Catholic readers know the story cold. As a young writer, Flannery O’Connor accompanied Robert Lowell and Elizabeth…
Recompense For a Serious Mistake
I won’t venture into classical Roman literature, which is not my forte, but I will say with…
You’ve Raised a Missionary
At Louis Armstrong Airport, Jason takesMy black-clad arm as we approach the gatesWhere no Saint Peter stands…
Poet in History
Miłosz: A Biographyby andrzej franaszektranslated by aleksandra parker and michael parkerbelknap, 544 pages, $35 The impression left…
Things Fall Apart
If the past few years are any guide, we’re in for a wild ride in 2018. From…
Work Is a Four-Letter Word
The Animatorsby kayla rae whitakerrandom house, 284 pages, $27 It may be gauche to say that novels…
C. S. Lewis’s Love Story
In an era when romance is dead and divorce is considered a natural part of life, Shadowlands,…
Cult of the Cutting-Edge
Should art aspire to be “absolutely cutting-edge”? What exactly does that phrase mean? In The Square, a…
Can Moral Monsters Make Good Movies?
On March 10, 1977, Roman Polanski, director of Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby, drove 13-year-old Samantha Jane Gailey…
Politics After Liberalism
The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Futureby john milbank and adrian pabstrowman and littlefield, 418 pages,…
Big Mullah
2084: The End of the Worldby boualem sansaltranslated by alison andersoneuropa editions, 240 pages, $17 Sleep soundly,…
“You Have to Decide.”
In writing Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II, one of my secondary…
Rambling Shambling Brian Doyle
Eight Whopping Liesby brian doylefranciscan media, 192 pages, $18.99 The biographical note at the back of Eight…
