Books

Unlike the prose of some childrens books, 'The Purples are Coming!' has a spritely, imaginative style.

In his latest book, John W. O'Malley, S.J., serves up a hard-nosed history of so many saints and sinners.

Gail Godwin writes with the shrewdness and wit of Muriel Spark and a tender, fetching, Southern voice.

‘Summertime’ is a meandering series of interviews with relatives and former lovers of ‘John Coetzee.’

‘Let the Great World Spin’ is one of the more artful works of fiction to appear in the past 10 years.

Angela O’Donnell’s poetry balances hard truths with a sweetness of spirit that is rare in our time.

Richard Rohr’s new book isn’t interested in doctrine or psychology, but experience.

Few poets today would risk the cool chuckle of the critic, but Franz Wright does.