On E. B. White and Henry David Thoreau.
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Everyday Poet
William Carlos Williams rejected the poetic conventions of the time in favor of a distinctly American verse.
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The Visible Man
Does H. G. Wells still hold any interest for us? David Lodge thinks so.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
Readings: A Great Book is Like the Eucharist
I don rsquo t read on the beach The beach is for long walks and quick plunges into the surf I am at Sea Bright the northernmost town on the Jersey Shore for two weeks and I brought Pat Conroy rsquo s My Reading Life with me perfect company as I sit in the front room or on the balcony overloo
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Rebuilding Trust
An account of the sexual abuse crisis from a historian and former Franciscan provincial
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Marriage Counsel
A memoir of desire, relationships and spiritual transformation.
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True Confessions
A few weeks ago I spent a muggy evening on my front porch ruminating: I wondered how it was that in a lifetime of reading I had seldom encountered a book whose primary character was a mother.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Pardon Is the Word: Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness
Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness.
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Poetic Praises
Ralph McInereney's 'Dante and the Blessed Mother' is a promising sign of a Marian revival.