William Barrett is hardly remembered in Catholic academic or literary circles, though his Catholic novels offer richly textured stories that avoid the sensational and sentimental.
Wood’s earlier novels contain explicit social critiques, but 'Stone Yard Devotional' does its intellectual heavy lifting at an arm’s-length distance. “I wanted to write a book that doesn’t teach or explain or condescend,” she told America in an interview over Zoom in February.
'Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game' shows the interplay of spirituality and sport in the world that Father Bauer helped create.
'A Ministry of Risk,' a collection of the writings and speeches of the late Phil Berrigan (1923-2002), is a provocative anthology destined to leave most readers bewildered, challenged and perhaps even a little angry.