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.
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Review: A lively journey through Catholic fiction
Michael O’Connell’s ‘Startling Figures’ asks what American Catholic writers have in common—and the answers are not always obvious.
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Ron Hansen’s liturgical novels make great Lenten reads
Throughout a long career as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, poet and screenwriter, Ron Hansen has regularly explored questions of faith and religious belonging.
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New book: Pope Francis on his ‘deep relationship’ and occasional disagreements with Benedict XVI
In a newly published book interview, Pope Francis reflects on Pope Benedict XVI’s historic decision to resign, describing their deep relationship and occasional disagreements.
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Langston Hughes: Communist, Christian—or both?
Langston Hughes, the great Black poet, playwright, journalist and author, had a nuanced and not easily categorized religious life.
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Who’s in hell? Hans Urs von Balthasar had thoughts.
Is hell empty? Pope Francis hopes so. Among the thinkers of the past century who speculated it could be so was Hans Urs von Balthasar, a favorite of the past two popes and a prominent theologian of his time.
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Review: A meditation on faith
In his 2008 book, Tomáš Halík calls on the church to provide “dressing stations” for the wounded. Halík’s book is now available for the first time in an English translation by Gerald Turner as ‘Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation.’