Arts & Letters

Are the classics outdated? Some think so. “There’s nothing new, no sense of exploration or departure from…

I’ve just finished Charles Williams’s 1937 novel Descent into Hell, which was recommended to me by a…

Hans Friedrich Grohs (1892-1981) was an accomplished artist who belonged to the second generation of German Expressionist…

The September issue of Harper’s features a thoughtful essay by Alan Jacobs, “The Watchmen: What Became of…

Plato’s Bedroom: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Loveby david k. o’connorst. augustine’s press, 301 pages, $28.00 In December…

I left college with a bachelors and a long and growing reading list, with works by authors…

Christianity’s waning influence in the West has not reduced our desire for apocalypse. We still look to…

Every love counts, the puppy you were givenAt six, the tadpoles that you tried to raise;Even your…

The movers get it out—a Steinway grand,half-rolled, half-carried to the street. A crowd,molecular, implicit, is at handalready.…

Now largely forgotten outside the Portuguese-speaking world, Luis Vaz de Camoens (1524-1580) was revered by many luminaries…

This is the third and final installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing…

This is the second installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing for the…

We pilgrims pile into the Basilica of Saint Clare to see the San Damiano cross that spoke…

On paper, tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. That’s what the faculty…

James Stoddard ought to be famous for his Evenmere trilogy—The High House (1998), The False House (2000,…