The highest tribute I can offer this biography is that it is not unlike a Nichols film itself: incisive, dense with detail yet somehow brisk.
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Review: Inside the very Catholic history of college basketball
John Gasaway examines the entire history of Catholic college basketball in the United States. We see just how many different teams, coaches and athletes have contributed to a reputation for basketball excellence, from the University of San Francisco to Georgetown, Gonzaga and Villanova.
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Review: The voices of the marginalized tell us the most about privilege
Capitalism, consumption, and their (im)moral undercurrents are the subjects of Eula Biss’s new collection of essays.
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Review: A baseball pilgrimage of spirituality, fatherhood and flawed humanity
Most of the players Brad Balukjian met struggled with the shock of having to leave the game.
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Review: The holy challenge of living in bodies that are both material and mystical
Sinead Gleeson’s body shapes—molded by leukemia, a hip replacement, complicated childbirths—provide the most fully realized essays in ‘Constellations.’
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Pope Francis and the dehumanizing nature of contemporary economies
Two recent books by Benjamin McKean and Vincent Bevins show the violence done to developing countries in the name of economic prosperity and U.S. political hegemony.
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Confronting Racism in Basketball and the Jesuits: The Extraordinary Life of Georgetown’s John Thompson
John Thompson Jr.’s autobiography reflects its author’s personality: challenging, unapologetic and unsparingly acute in its observations beyond the basketball court.
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Review: Paul Farmer went to Africa to fight Ebola. He found a people devastated by war and racism.
Paul Farmer’s new book explores his work with others in West Africa. Farmer and his team went there to respond to the longest and largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history.
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Interview: The life and martyrdom of Jesuit Rutilio Grande
Father Grande is more than just a Jesuit saint, but a saint for the clergy and people of El Salvador.
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Farewell Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the non-conforming Catholic poet who inspired Bob Dylan and Thomas Merton
The death of cultural icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Monday reminds us of the many artists and writers he influenced and was influenced by—including Thomas Merton.