In this roundup of poetry from the past year, ‘America’ editors and staff explore worlds of verse and fragments of reality that enchant and unsettle.
Alexandra Pfau
Alexandra Pfau is an O’Hare Fellow at America Media.
Posted inDispatches
After botched execution in Tennessee, Catholics pray for the end of the death penalty
“We have, unfortunately, a lot of examples that point to why the death penalty should be ended once and for all,” the head of the Catholic Mobilizing Network said after a woman survived two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection.
Posted inScripture Reflections
Reach out to others—even those you don’t like
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Alexandra Pfau
Posted inScripture Reflections
Forgiving others should be a selfless act
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Alexandra Pfau
Posted inTelevision
‘Widow’s Bay’ is a show about persevering (and laughing) through hard times
“Widow’s Bay” is a unique genre-blender of thriller and comedy: mysterious, unnerving and at times terrifying, but also bound to make you laugh when you least expect it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How Trump’s cuts to NPR funding will hurt WFUV—Fordham University’s storied public radio station
Working at WFUV’s student-run newsroom has been formative for both of us, which has made these recent cuts from Congress especially painful.