Holy Mary, Drenched in Symbolism
E.W., The Economist
Habits of Mind
Anthony Grafton & James Grossman, The American Scholar
A Weapon for Readers
Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books
Crib has to go, says court in France after atheists challenge Catholic region’s tradition
The Tablet
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…