Writing

Piles of Wrinkled Prose

It may sound miserable, but desperation and obsession are what make finishing up the most delicious part of the whole book-writing process. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2022

The Witness of Words

by Tevi Troy and Stuart Halpern

The upcoming Jewish High Holidays offer insight into the rapid, derisory media communication forms of today. Continue Reading »

15 Sep 2022

The Catholic Imagination in 2022

by Jessica Hooten Wilson

The fourth Catholic Imagination Conference will be held at the University of Dallas, from September 30 until October 1. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2022

Style Is Vital

by Dan Hitchens

Style is the intellect in flight: A thought can only really travel when it has the equilibrium, speed, and structure to get off the ground. Continue Reading »

28 Jun 2022

The Poet’s Eye

by Josh Christenson

To seek publication is to seek to be judged. It is to learn, finally, what kind of writer one is (or is not) meant to be. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2022

Remembering Gerald Russello (1971–2021)

by Stephen Schmalhofer

Gerald Russello worked at the center of things and lived in the service of the permanent things. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2021

Clarity and Contempt

by John Wilson

If we can't be correct all the time, we can at least be clear. Continue Reading »

21 Jan 2021

Writing cannot be taught, as I came to realize after attempting to teach it for thirty years to university students, but it can be learned. One can only teach the mistakes bad writers make and provide examples of what makes good writers good. One cannot teach a love of language, the power of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2020