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.
Brigid McCabe
Brigid McCabe is America’s assistant editor for digital strategy. She was previously a 2025-2026 O’Hare Fellow.
Posted inScripture Reflections
God’s glory is greater than we can imagine
A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels, by Brigid McCabe
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When all else fails, love endures
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, by Brigid McCabe
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 inIdeas
Jesuits, Mohawks and Puritans meet in Molly McNett’s historical fiction
The deeply researched ‘Child of These Tears’ captures the profound humanness of Jesuit missionaries in colonial North America.
Posted inScripture Reflections
An insomniac’s take on the call to ‘stay awake’
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Brigid McCabe
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Loving my home team—and all the rest of my neighbors
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Pius X, Pope, by Brigid McCabe
Posted inIdeas
‘Nun girl summer’: Explaining the viral trend that shines a spotlight on Catholic sisters
As the term “Nun Girl Summer” has become popularized online, it’s come to represent an attitude towards life—informed by the spirit of women religious, but not exclusive to them.
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The hands that hold and mold us
A Reflection for Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Brigid McCabe
Posted inBooks
Review: Columbia’s former president on Trump’s ‘existential threat’ to universities
In his new book ‘University: A Reckoning,’ Lee Bollinger grapples with the reality that universities across the country are facing—one characterized by challenges to their independence from what he labels “authoritarian” attacks.