In her latest book, ‘Reading Genesis,’ Marilynne Robinson writes of a God that is in love with humanity. In all our flaws and folly, power and glory, she insists, “Human beings are at the center of it all.”
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‘There goes the jugular’: Wilfrid Sheed and the art of literary criticism
Wilfrid Sheed’s books are a delight to read, but his reviews and essays are his true masterpieces.
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From 1973: Walker Percy on Wilfrid Sheed
In 1973, the famous novelist (and sometime America book reviewer) Walker Percy offered this long review of Wilfrid Sheed’s ‘People Will Always Be Kind.’
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Robert Giroux: the Catholic bookman who edited Merton (and Flannery and Percy and Kerouac)
Robert Giroux edited some of the 20th century’s leading writers, including some prominent Catholic voices like Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy and Thomas Merton.
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Thomas Merton’s editor on the surprise success of ‘The Seven Storey Mountain’
In 1988, famed publisher Robert Giroux related his memories of what it was like to read and publish Thomas Merton’s ‘The Seven Storey Mountain.’
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The ‘Catholic agnostic’ novelist: How Graham Greene questioned his way to God
Graham Greene crafted some of English-language literature’s finest works, part of a fascinating life marked by bouts of uncertainty and the certainty of doubt.
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Review: The heartwarming story of World War II’s ‘Doughnut Dollies’
In ‘Good Night, Irene,’ Luis Alberto Urrea weaves a vivid and heartfelt tapestry in telling the story of the ‘Doughnut Dollies’ in World War II.
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Review: Andre Dubus III returns his gaze to middle-class American life
In ‘Such Kindness,’ Andre Dubus III tells a powerful story full of sorrow and hope.
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Review: The ins and outs of a friendship with Graham Greene
Michael Mewshaw’s ‘My Man in Antibes’ is an entertaining, moving memoir, spiced with intriguing literary anecdotes about his sometimes fraught friendship with Graham Greene.
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Review: A mother’s thoughtful memoir delves deep
Megan Nix’s ‘Remedies for Sorrow’ is ostensibly a memoir, but confining Remedies for Sorrow to one genre seems too restrictive for what this expansive and enlightening book accomplishes.