Very few professors become best-selling authors, but it happens.
Jon M. Sweeney
Jon M. Sweeney is a frequent contributor to America and the author of many books including Francis of Assisi in His Own Words and, for children, The Pope’s Cat series, illustrated by Roy DeLeon.
Why we need Catholics telling stories in every possible way
So what defines a Catholic novel? I am still struggling with that question. But I know that that which asks most of us is most worthy of us.
In Search of the Catholic Novel
‘The Relic Master,’ by Christopher Buckley; ‘The Man Who Loved Birds,’ by Fenton Johnson; “The Thing About December,’ by Donal Ryan
Tell It to Me in Pictures
‘Hellbreak Volume 1,’ by Cullen Bunn and Dave Stewart;
‘The Best American Comics 2015,’ edited by Jonathan Lethem and BIll Kartalopoulos;
‘Poetry is Useless,’ by Andrew Nilsen;
‘Blankets,’ by Craig Thompson
Women Who Made the Men
‘The Letters of T. S. Eliot,’ by T. S. Eliot, and ‘The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers,’ by Robinson Jeffers
Responsible Writers
‘Moral Agents,’ by Edward Mendelson; ‘Our Only World,’ by Wendell Berry; ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ by Saul Bellow
A Saint in the City: St. Francis of Assisi visits New York
St. Francis of Assisi visits New York
Uncovering Meaning
‘Aimless Love,’ by Billy Collins, ‘Blue Horses,’ by Mary Oliver and ‘Dylan Thomas,’ edited by Hannah Ellis
African Journeys: Novels from the diaspora
The African novel has come of age in the early 21st century North American diaspora Straddling homelands histories myths looking for values and identity somewhere in between mdash those are the grand topics of the African novel ldquo Novelists are sorted by the language they wrote in rdquo St
How one saint’s ancient insights are transforming today’s church
The real Francis is far more compelling and important than the imaginary one.
