Arts & Letters
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Bros Against Humanity
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valleyby emily changportfolio, 320 pages, $28 Near the end…
Death and Dappled Hope
Promise Me, Dad:A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purposeby joe bidenflatiron books, 272 pages, $27 Many politicians’…
James and Melville, Two American Minds
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Connor GrubaughAssistant Editor Sociologists…
Extracurricular
“I only desire to find out knowledge . . . which may instruct me how to die…
Chatterley on Trial
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by d. h. lawrence macmillan, 432 pages, $12.99 Six weeks after a London criminal…
A Moderate Proposal
Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremesby aurelian craiutupenn, 304 pages, $59.95…
Pagan Horror
Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reichby eric kurlanderyale, 448 pages, $35 That Hitler and…
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 The Unpublished Memoirs of Edgardo Mortaraby vittorio messoriignatius, 190 pages, $17.95 At nightfall on…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…
