Colm Tóibín’s new novel, ‘Long Island,’ is a sequel to perhaps his best-known book, ‘Brooklyn.’ What was it like to take up the story again two decades later? He tells us in this interview with America.
Emma Winters
Emma Winters is a Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., fellow at America.
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Review: Exploring sanity, sexuality and motherhood in mid-20th century Hollywood
Religion and spirituality are at the center of Anne Enright’s exceptional new novel.
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Tiny scriptures of truth: America’s 2019 poetry roundup
New American poetry that spans the globe.
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Young adult literature has a lot to say about social justice (and we all need to hear it)
Members of Generation Z are proving themselves to be resilient and thoughtful activists, and current young adult books are following their gaze toward social justice issues.
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Review: Melinda Gates and her struggles with the Catholic Church
Melinda Gates’s new book is not an attack on Catholicism but an honest accounting of how she came to be in conflict with the church while living her faith.
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New documentary, ‘The Francis Impact,’ looks beyond the pope to the people he serves
The key, the filmmakers say, was to shift the spotlight off of Francis onto ordinary people who have been impacted by him.
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Review: New exhibit reminds us the Holocaust wasn’t long ago or far away
“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage speaks to the horror of the Holocaust and the courage and determination of its survivors.
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Meet the women leaders who are transforming Jesuit higher education
Today, 16 of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the A.J.C.U. are led by lay presidents, three of whom are women. Their perspectives as lay women professionals in leadership has brought needed skills to their institutions and created opportunities to clarify their institutions’ Jesuit mission and identity.
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Pro-life or pro-choice, “Unplanned” will get under your skin.
The new movie tells the true story of a Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist.
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Review: The problematic fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
Colm Tóibín may have you reaching for your abandoned copy of “The Importance of Being Earnest” or “Dubliners,” even if you have not touched those books since high school.