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.
Will Martino
Will Martino is a Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., fellow at America Media.
Posted inIdeas
Does a light show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral deliver transcendence? You decide.
A new light show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York promises transcendence…but the real transcendence might be in the cathedral itself, rather than the performance.
Posted inScripture Reflections
There’s a difference between being lazy and being still
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Will Martino
Posted inDispatches
After botched execution in Tennessee, Catholics pray for the end of the death penalty
“We have, unfortunately, a lot of examples that point to why the death penalty should be ended once and for all,” the head of the Catholic Mobilizing Network said after a woman survived two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection.
Posted inMusic
Falling in love with Duncan Sheik’s ‘Spring Awakening’ as a 13-year-old theater kid
To me, “Spring Awakening” has always been about young people exploring darkness for the first time.
Posted inDispatches
The original Cristo Rey Jesuit high school celebrates 30 years
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, the pioneering school in what is now the Cristo Rey Network, turns 30 this year.
Posted inInterviews
Interview: the first Black woman to lead a Jesuit university on the true meaning of diversity
Shawna Cooper Whitehead is not only the first woman to serve as president of Regis but the first Black woman to serve as president of a Jesuit college or university in the United States.
Posted inScripture Reflections
The Beatitudes offer a glimpse of what is to come
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest, by Will Martino