There are many things about Laura Ingalls Wilder that make her a personal hero of mine; but that does not mean I can ignore the racism in her books.
Books
Posted inFaith, Interviews
A Jesuit reflects on the legacy of ‘America’ editor Francis Canavan, S.J.
The late Father Canavan was a longtime professor of political science at Fordham University who specialized in Edmund Burke.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A posthumous gift from William Trevor
Writer William Trevor never shied away from something like the Gothic, the nearly horrific side of everything from romantic passion to parenthood.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Far from Paradise: a soldier’s story of the Iraq war
The true story of a young recruit who takes on three deployments in Iraq over five years.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Seymour Hersh’s recipe for strong investigative reporting still works.
Reviewing Seymour Hersh’s memoir, “Reporter.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Shakespearian tyrants, then and now
As the reader has no doubt anticipated, Greenblatt has emulated the Shakespearean endeavor: The book is a rumination on the current president, without once mentioning the man by name.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Up close and personal with Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy shares his inner self.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Tom Wolfe, America and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Book Review
Remembering a great author…and cringing at some embarrassing prose.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Review: “Little Women” revitalizes a classic for a new generation
The journey of growing in virtue need be neither boring nor sentimental, but ever fresh and unexpected.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why did Christ ascend to heaven? So that moms everywhere could take his place.
And dads, too.