Doris Kearns Goodwin’s strength is in the way she captures the presidential scene with companionable prose that most professional historians are unable to capture.
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Review: When wrath is not a sin
Outrage is the order of the day, and we see evidence of this everywhere. But Rebecca Traister wants to point out the productive power of anger as well.
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Review: British painter Jenny Saville finds truth in flesh
If there is a single artist working today who truly gets flesh, it is Jenny Saville.
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What’s new with the Catholic Book Club?
In late fall we discussed Kate Bowler’s poignant memoir about being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. We followed that with one of three recent volumes of the collected short stories of Andre Dubus.
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Review: A novel analyzes the effects of suicide
Sigrid Nunez mines the effect of suicide on family, friends and even the pet dog in her National Book Award winner, The Friend.
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Review: When giants roamed the earth
Armed with enthusiasm, command of his material and a knack for analogy, Steve Brusatte has written a book that incarnates dinosaurs with color, sound and fury.
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Review: There is more than one way to convert to Catholicism
Many will find Sohrab Ahmari’s account of coming to faith compelling and moving, while others may find his emphasis on an authoritative church confusing or even off-putting.
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Review: Robert Caro tells us how he does it
In his new book about his work, Robert Caro explains why it takes so many years to research and write his books.
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Review: Is government the problem? Not really.
The nation’s nonfiction bard, Michael Lewis, makes the case that our government is more important—and competent—than we realize.
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Review: Paul Griffiths offers an ‘account of Christian flesh’
Paul J. Griffiths’s latest book, Christian Flesh, seeks a speculative account “of human flesh in particular and Christian flesh in particular.”