This story of a Vietnamese immigrant growing up in the United States is constructed as a series of meditations on the lessons from great books that moved and instructed him.
Books
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We need to teach more Black literature in Catholic schools
72 percent of students and 87 percent of teachers in Catholic schools are white. They need to be reading and teaching more Black literature.
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Hilary Mantel’s case against St. Thomas More
Mantel’s portrait of More is of a self-serving whiner with a death wish. But what must always be remembered is that she is creating fiction.
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Review: A look at the changing vocation of Catholic laywomen
“The Laywoman Project” is a book primarily about changing concepts of women’s vocation during that rapidly moving decade.
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Review: Annalena Tonelli, a humanitarian innovator
Annalena Tonelli moved to Kenya in her 20s to work as a teacher. Her desire was to live among the poor as one of the poor.
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Flannery O’Connor: A walking contradiction on race
Flannery O’Connor was, like many people of her time, “a walking contradiction when it came to matters of race.”
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Scott Cairn’s poetry of immanence
Cairns is a rare figure in American letters: a religious poet free of mawkish piety.
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Looking for a good summer read? Check out these books by authors of color.
Recommendations from the editors of America magazine, plus some poetry too!
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Review: Colson Whitehead and the long reach of trauma
Colson Whitehead’s award-winning novel is a timely reflection on who gets to write history…and who gets to erase it.
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Review: The theology of sin
Two recently published books from Oxford University Press address the variegated and multifaced character of sin in the New Testament.