In his latest book, Lanier argues that all forms of social media treat human beings as if they were basically a bundle of nerve endings.
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The surprising true story of Pietro di Donato, the bricklayer turned author
In Pietro di Donato’s “Christ in the Concrete” we find a portrait of immigrants and laborers, so essential to the growth of the United States then as now.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why Micheal O’Siadhail is an epic poet for the 21st century
“The Five Quintets” is a narrative we need, a jazz concert performed by hundreds of instruments, a single symphony sung by many voices.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Baseball’s fields of dreams
What makes a good baseball stadium? One that blends well into its urban fabric, creates intimate experiences and is architecturally pleasing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Can you be a woman of both faith and feminism?
‘This is My Body,’ by Cameron Dezen Hammon, is a warning about how a feminist can fall prey to and rationalize the pervasiveness of misogyny, despite his or her best intentions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Modern saint-making reflects contemporary Catholic identity
As Cummings notes, our future saints, some of whom have already passed beyond the veil, will disclose to us as much about ourselves and our church as they will about their own heroic virtue.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
On the road with Wendell Berry
The natural world is Wendell Berry’s primary teacher: its rhythms, its largesse, its mysteries.
Posted inBooks, Faith
Review: Ann Patchett’s liars and questionable saints
In this book, Danny commits lies of omission as he does not tell his sister how much he hates their mother for essentially leaving them to whatever fate throws their way.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A brief life of John Henry Newman
In all, Father Collins understands Newman not as “a stainless saint,” but as a dutiful friend and a multifaceted defender of the Catholic faith.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A modern-day pilgrimage with Timothy Egan
The question of what a pilgrimage means in the modern day loops throughout Timothy Egan’s ‘A Pilgrimage to Eternity.’