Arts & Letters
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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…
What We’ve Been Reading—Summer 2025
Upon reading my short stories, Jaspreet Singh Boparai urged me to read the French Decadents, especially J.…
The Heroism of Homeric Women
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Eirene S. Allen joins…
The Substance of Our Lives
While I was in college, the local priest got me to come along with him on his…
From Conclave to Catwalk
Secular culturistas continue to be fascinated by the Catholic Church—or at least by its external trappings. The…
The Summer Reading List, 2025 Edition
Some years ago, a friend teaching at a state university told me that he was offering a…
