Arts & Letters
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The Parasocial Generation
When Technoblade, a popular Minecraft streamer, announced his cancer diagnosis in August 2021, the outpouring of support…
How to Write a Russian Novel
The Prodigal of Leningradby daniel taylorparaclete press, 256 pages, $21.99 There is of course no generic “Russian…
Knausgaard’s Mephistopheles
Back in college, one of my literature professors once remarked that the first hundred pages of a…
Gulf Burden
And now the storm has passed but night has not yet come. / The sky is yellow,…
I Run and Pray the Rosary
For my friend Greg. / Cancer is trying to kill him, / and so I beg /…
Letters—April 2026
I appreciate Liel Leibovitz’s wanting to look at the light regarding artificial intelligence...
Briefly Noted
Kevin James and Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke rarely appear side by side, even in print—the back-cover endorsements…
That by which we rise
That by which we rise / is that by which we fall. / This comes as no surprise…
Homer’s Childhood
When Homer was a little boy, / He never had a single toy. / All his play…
A Small Hotel in Florence
Two twin-like English sisters ran the place. / When we checked in, one asked, “Is it the case…
Song to Be Sung at the Resurrection of a Buck Killed by a Car
Rise, you fur-framed ghost. / Rise, you antler-crowned king. / Let sinew and bone stitch together again.…
Why Can’t Conservatives Create Art?
Modern conservatives recognize their duty to reverse the devastation wrought by nearly a century of progressive cultural…
Announcing Portico: A New Literary Quarterly
First Things is pleased to announce the publication of its new print literary quarterly, Portico, starting in…
Antoni Gaudí’s Icon of the Universe
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Antoni Gaudí, the great medievalist-modernist architect from…
Uncovering the Christian Past: New and Notable Books
Several books on some aspect of the history of Christianity have recently come my way. “The Most…
