For decades, Lopez has sought to re-establish our ethical relationships with the land and the other creatures who dwell on it. But Lopez, like many authors, struggles against labels.
Literature
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
The moral vision of Iris Murdoch
Rather than framing moral philosophy as just another form of epistemology (how can we know what to do?), Iris Murdoch was asking a more classical question: “How can we make ourselves morally better?” she asks. “These are the questions the philosopher should try to answer.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Revisiting the ‘Boys’ Life’ books of sports stories
Looking back on sports stories designed to educate a certain class of white American male into the virtues of postwar civic culture.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Why as Christians we need to read widely—and deeply
Oftentimes we find that the people on the other side of a hot-button issue are motivated by good reasoning and deeply held values. They are not the enemy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
110 years of America book reviews
America has published thousands of book reviews over 110 years…and some of them were more spot-on than others…
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Andalusian Hours
I see them lining up for slaughter,/ Judas at the head of the pack/ grunting his way to survival, while my/ pigs do not stand a chance, doomed creatures/ that they are, and it’s a good thing.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
‘The Prophet,’ ‘10 Commandments’ and other religious works enter public domain
Originally published in 1923, the works were slated to enter the public domain — meaning others are free to adapt and otherwise use them — in 1999. But Congress extended the copyrights for 20 more years.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Why the writer Richard Rodriguez refuses to be put into a box
Part of Richard Rodriguez’s charm is his refusal to play to people’s expectations of who he should be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Is ‘Watership Down’ really for kids?
A new Netflix miniseries brings out the story’s aspects of adventure and conflict, with occasionally pulse-pounding results.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Atticus Finch and Howard Beale finally get their Broadway moment
Two starry new Broadway productions have no qualms about speaking their mind.