Anyone who has visited the Frick Museum in New York and entered the main parlor whose walls are hung with splendid portrait after splendid portrait has witnessed one of the wittiest curatorial acts in museum-dom On either side of the massive fireplace hang two portraits by Hans Holbein Looking l
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell teaches literature and creative writing at Fordham University and serves as associate director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. Her poetry collection The View from Childhood (Paraclete Press) is forthcoming in 2026,
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Redemption Songs
From poet Dana Gioia, powerful meditations on loss and the redemptive power of beauty
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Drop Everything and Read
Marilynne Robinson’s new book of essays offers a rare combination of wisdom and beauty.
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Funeral Procession
Thomas Lynch’s The Sin-Eater breathes life into a figure from ancient folk magic.
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Wild Things
T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes on the disastrous effects of human encroachment upon the natural world
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Mary Oliver’s Good News
Mary Oliver reminds us of the mystery and necessity of poetry.
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Surprised by Joy
For the reader whose misfortune it is not to have yet discovered Kelly Cherry’s poems , this is your lucky day. Cherry’s new book offers a generous sampling of the poet’s work, culled from six previous volumes.