Graham Greene crafted some of English-language literature’s finest works, part of a fascinating life marked by bouts of uncertainty and the certainty of doubt.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
André 3000’s ‘New Blue Sun’ is a spiritual jazz masterpiece
André 3000’s new album and accompanying tour, “New Blue Sun,” highlights the spiritual restlessness of an artist who has achieved everything, but is still searching for meaning by looking towards the heavens.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
Unlearning racism on a college campus: Lessons from John Singleton’s ‘Higher Learning’
“Higher Learning” interweaves the stories of three freshmen wrestling with identity and belonging.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
An unexpected Lenten movie night watchlist
It’s the first Friday in Lent, and you know what that means: Mandatory Lent Film Party! At least, that’s what it means at our house.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Triduum: Substance vs. Accidents
At the crucifixion’s liturgy,
I see
the Tent of Meeting pierced and purged
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Trees
speak in scent.
text in fungi.
laugh in pollen
and seldom stray
from meditation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The heartwarming story of World War II’s ‘Doughnut Dollies’
In ‘Good Night, Irene,’ Luis Alberto Urrea weaves a vivid and heartfelt tapestry in telling the story of the ‘Doughnut Dollies’ in World War II.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Andre Dubus III returns his gaze to middle-class American life
In ‘Such Kindness,’ Andre Dubus III tells a powerful story full of sorrow and hope.
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Review: The ins and outs of a friendship with Graham Greene
Michael Mewshaw’s ‘My Man in Antibes’ is an entertaining, moving memoir, spiced with intriguing literary anecdotes about his sometimes fraught friendship with Graham Greene.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A mother’s thoughtful memoir delves deep
Megan Nix’s ‘Remedies for Sorrow’ is ostensibly a memoir, but confining Remedies for Sorrow to one genre seems too restrictive for what this expansive and enlightening book accomplishes.