Fans of Colm Tóibín will no doubt be pleased at the news that he has a new book of essays coming out.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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The four martyred churchwomen of El Salvador dare us to be saints
More than four decades after their murders, the four churchwomen of El Salvador remain powerful examples of faith and commitment to the Gospel.
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Hope, disappointment and the future tense
A Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent, by James T. Keane
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A Washington insider with an eye for the outsiders: Mary McGrory
In a 50-year career as a columnist, Mary McGrory wrote some of the most prescient political journalism around—including for America.
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Incarnational Catholic literature: The fiction of Kirstin Valdez Quade
The characters of Kirstin Valdez Quade’s stories often find grace to be just out of reach—but they still pursue it.
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Remembering priest and historian Thomas Shelley: ‘an intellectual who wished the church were more intellectual’
The Rev. Thomas J. Shelley, who died on Monday, taught generations of priests, men and women religious and lay scholars the ins and outs of Catholic history.
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When Jesus shows his human side
A Reflection for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, by James T. Keane
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Christopher Lasch: the critic of American life beloved by traditionalist Catholics and Marxists alike
Christopher Lasch’s writings are cited by everyone from the most fervent cultural conservatives to dyed-in-the-wool Marxists—and he had much to say about modern American culture.
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When the (books about) saints go marching in
All Saints Day is a day to venerate holy men and women—and also to recognize the saints in our midst, complicated though they might be.
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A Catholic guide to Halloween reading
From Edgar Allan Poe to Dean Koontz to Flannery O’Connor, America’s editors and contributors are not (always) afraid of some horror.