What We’ve Been Reading—April 2020

by Editors

When I was a teacher I would advise students to read dead writers. “Let time be your editor.” Continue Reading »

16 Apr 2020

Tomie dePaola’s Icons

by Sally Thomas

Tomie dePaola’s children’s books show a sympathy not only for the child, but for the childlike adult, whose eyes are open to surprise and miracle. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2020

Looking Forward to the Peaceable Kingdom

by John Wilson

What I am reading may lead unexpectedly to this moment, even if there is seemingly no connection. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020

Perilous Directions

by Gregory Wolfe

Pity the satirist: He labors under a double burden. There is, first and foremost, the need to be funny. Whatever kind of laughter the satirist conjures—whether it be queasy or full-out—the jokes have to land. Comedians have no safety net, and the ground is hard-packed. Then there is the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Two Cheers for Charles Taylor and Friends

by Carl R. Trueman

Charles Taylor’s latest work, co-authored with Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien, details how Western democracy is in serious trouble. Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2020

A Booklist For Quarantine

by John Wilson

A list of a few books that might offer welcome distraction.  Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2020

Books About Next to Nothing

by John Waters

Fiction is no longer a useful means of grappling with reality. Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2020

What We’ve Been Reading—March 2020

by Editors

Our thoughts on the books we've been reading. Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2020

Andrew Klavan’s Experimental Fiction

by John Wilson

John Wilson reviews Andrew Klavan’s The Nightmare Feast.  Continue Reading »

6 Mar 2020

Briefly Noted

by Various

In The River of the Immaculate Conception, James Matthew Wilson confirms his vocation as a public poet. Commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute, this poem sequence of seven parts leads us through the lives of St. Juan Diego, St. ­Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Père Marquette, with interludes on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020