Arts & Letters
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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.…
Clapping Trees and Other Biological Wonders
Two books on plant evolution, both alternately nutty and brilliant, were recently published. The subtitle of Robert…
The Death of the Oxford Don
In this episode, Jaspreet Singh Boparai joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
Our Age of Martyrdom
Robert Royal and I have been friends, colleagues, and co-conspirators for nigh on to four decades. Dr.…
Cherokee, Cornfields, and Catalogues
If the mere words “forthcoming books” set your heart aflutter, you know we’re on the eve of…
More and More and More
Thomas More: A Lifeby joanne paulpegasus books, 624 pages, $39.95 Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey…
