Arts & Letters
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Protestantism in the Desert
I admit to having experienced perverse enjoyment when first hearing the story Episcopal Bishop James Pike. The…
Feeling Fancy
The Wes Anderson Collectionby matt zoller seitzabrams, 336 pages, $50 Wes Anderson is one of the most…
A Theory for Tattoos
The motives for tattoos are many, but they all have a common subtext. A tattoo can mark…
The Enemies, and Friends, of the Humanities
A funny thing happened when Michael Novak brought Herbert Marcuse to lecture to his students. It was…
In the Wake of Heroic Theology
In 2004 Avery Dulles was asked by Commonweal magazine to respond to a disputed question: “How Catholic is…
Politics and the Arts
Jed Perl warns in the August 25 issue of the New Republic of a new threat to…
Greeks Bearing Debts
Classics is no longer seen as a cutting-edge discipline, but two centuries ago German scholars devoted to…
Rebuild Penn Station!
Yes, it sounds like a pipe dream. Rebuild Penn Station? Why imagine that’s possible when New York…
Romantic Religion
The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism by louis dupré notre dame, 400…
Bob Dylan’s Mormon Influences
Bob Dylan has a lot in common with Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet. Don’t take my word…
Bob Dylan Must Get Stoned
Journalists have always been puzzled by Bob Dylan, but the confusion is of their own making. The…
The Plastic Eater
Back to the hospital again,on the meals list, on the drip,in for yet another stayover an artificial…
Ulterior Lives
Darling: A Spiritual Autobiographyby richard rodriguezviking, 256 pages, $26.95 Richard Rodriguez has been an occasional companion of…
Ruins
Pill bottles in assorted sizes liescattered across the smooth Formica plainof the bathroom countertop. They testifylike pediments…
Taking Art Off the Street
Street art—you mean vandalism? No, thank you.” That was the response of a friend when I invited…
