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June 26, 2017

Vol. 216 / No. 14

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Faith Faith in Focus
Daniel L. FlahertyJune 08, 2017

To this day I have no idea why the editor of ‘America’ asked me, the youngest and newest member of the staff, to write the story.

In this Monday, May 20, 2013 file photo, Sotheby's director of the department of printed books and manuscripts Dr Philip Errington poses for photographers by holding a first edition copy of the first Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" containing annotations and illustrations by author J.K. Rowling on top of a stack of other annotated first edition books featuring at auction, at the auction house's premises in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
Arts & Culture Ideas
William ReiserJune 09, 2017

Religious studies professor William Reiser, S.J., reflects on his use of Harry Potter in the classroom.

Ivan Kramskoy Painting a Portrait of his Daughter
Arts & Culture Books
Jon M. SweeneyJune 02, 2017

Jon Sweeney reviews "Lessons in Hope: My Life with John Paul II," "Milosz: A Biography," and "This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer."

Arts & Culture Books
Vanessa ZoltanJune 09, 2017

Harry Potter may be the perfect series to speak to this moment in time. But we need to do more than use it as a way to identify like-minded readers. We need to use the texts to create like-hearted brothers and sisters.

Arts & Culture Books
Diane ScharperJune 09, 2017

Diane Scharper reviews "There Your Heart Lies" by Mary Gordon.

Johanna Pung made this for Wikimedia Deutschland
Arts & Culture Books
Thomas R. MurphyJune 09, 2017

Thomas Murphy, S.J. reviews "The Book that Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation" by Randall Fuller.

Arts & Culture Books
J. J. CarneyJune 09, 2017

J.J. Carney reviews "Age of Anger: A History of the Present" by Pankaj Mishra.