in ‘Fireworks Every Night,’ the debut novel by Beth Raymer, is an ode to Florida—to the rattlesnakes, the humid heat and the Palm Beach pretensions of those who out of necessity live a life apart from that glitz and glamor.
Sarah Vincent
Sarah Vincent is an assistant editor at Reader’s Digest and a former O’Hare fellow at America. She has also written for the National Catholic Reporter and Sojourners.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Finding the divine in anything and everything: A review of the year in poetry
With great poetry God is not only in the details, but in the details of the details.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Sister Jean, everyone’s favorite courtside nun
Sister Jean, the beloved chaplain of Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, has 103 years worth of stories to tell in her new memoir.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The disciples teach us how to make a leap of faith
A Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Sarah Vincent
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Time travel and trauma: Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ is an exercise in therapy
“Russian Doll” is kind of a Jewish “Fleabag” meets time travel, a mind-bending exploration of trauma that reads like an exercise in self-therapy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Move over, Marvel: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ delivers on the real promise of the multiverse
In telling a story about complicated mother-daughter relationships and generational trauma, “Everything Everywhere” delivers on the promise of the multiverse in a way Marvel hasn’t.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
What happens when an all-male Jesuit school goes co-ed?
“To open the doors to a Jesuit Catholic school for as many students as we can in the Montreal area is really important to us.”
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Graduating from college? Some advice from 4 recent grads (and one not so recent)
So it’s time for you to graduate. Four young America editors and one Star Wars nerd have some advice for you.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Hope, healing and hospitality: A ministry of restorative justice is growing in Chicago
With programs from housing support to workplace development to art therapy, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation serves formerly incarcerated people, their families and those struggling with crime or victimization.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Partisanship is becoming a religion unto itself. How do Catholics respond in the voting booth?
Notre Dame researchers are exploring a surprisingly complex aspect of Catholic life: how Catholics vote. The report focused on the unique pressures and behaviors of “seamless garment” Catholics in making electoral decisions.