In his new book, British novelist David Mitchell affirms the irreducible and vivifying goods of the human soul.

To understand the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe demands close attention to his engagements with scientific thought and discoveries.

Mark Carney’s new book makes a succinct argument: We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.

Why do most people stop reading children’s books they loved once they come of age? Books from our childhood can still do so much good work for us.

The relationship between dominant and marginalized characters throughout O’Connor’s body of work offers a theology of displacement—that is, a means of experiencing God in the midst of upheaval, geographic and otherwise.

In more than two dozen novels, memoirs, travelogues and other writings, the Massachusetts writer Roland Merullo has proved to be an astute observer of the human condition.

A profoundly Russian author, Olga Sedakova offers insights into Christian living for a worldwide audience.

Though a small state in terms of geographic size and population, Mississippi occupies an outsized place in the world of American letters. Why? How has “a little state that rests alongside the banks of a great and mighty river” made so many significant contributions to American literature?

The two most recent selections for the Catholic Book Club were novels that originally began as short stories.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is asking “all Catholics and others of goodwill” to join a prayer and fasting campaign for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic Democrat who supports legal abortion.