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.
Kevin Christopher Robles
Kevin Christopher Robles is the studio production associate at America. He was previously an O'Hare Fellow and intern.
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The call to embrace your inner child
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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God is not a CEO
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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‘Tony’ takes us back to Anthony Bourdain’s providential summer
Matt Johnson’s biopic ‘Tony’ takes us to parts unknown in the life of Anthony Bourdain: the summer of 1975 and the lessons he learned.
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Do Catholics really think suffering is good?
A Reflection for Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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We must live in hope
A Reflection for Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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What heavenly mysteries await us in the Kingdom of God
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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The meaning of disagreement and debate in the church
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Kevin Christopher Robles
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Not being recognized can be a blessing
A Reflection for Tuesday in the Octave of Easter, by Kevin Christopher Robles
Posted inBooks
Review: The Mets and the history of class and race in New York City
In ‘Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team,’ A. M. Gittlitz fuses his interest in leftist sociopolitics with his love of baseball, or, rather, his very specific love of the Mets.