A prolific Catholic writer is himself now the subject of a biography from Liturgical Press.
Literature
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Mary Higgins Clark formed enduring bond with worldwide readership
Msgr. Frank Del Prete, pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Saddle River, New Jersey, remembers Higgins Clark not only as a talented writer but also as a lively, committed parishioner.
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Jane Austen gets a makeover in ‘Sanditon’
Series creator Andrew Davies has made explicit much of what is implicit in English novels of the period, including matters of sex and race.
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Review: Paul Mariani on why poetry sustains us
The “Catholic sacramental perspective,” as Mariani terms it, urges the poet to recognize in even “the meanest thing” some glimmer “of inestimable worth,” some sign of the Creator.
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Review: Elizabeth Strout brings us back into the life of Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout examines the human condition in a quiet setting where introspection cannot be escaped.
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Review: A pilgrim in search of grace
In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.
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Review: A novel for the age of ‘Laudato Si’’
Richard Powers’s brilliant novel, ‘The Overstory,’ which won the the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a story about people who feel a kinship with all ecological life.
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Review: The remarkable friendship of Emerson and Thoreau
In Solid Seasons, Jeffrey S. Cramer explores the deep friendship between the two literary titans.
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Review: ‘The Sacrament’ tells a searing story about abuse in the Catholic Church
The horrors of abuse remain offstage, barely spoken of, yet the entire book is haunted by them.
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Review: The pros and cons of being Extremely Online™
Green’s novel gives a firsthand account of what it is like when a person becomes a brand, when one’s every thought, word and move is scripted, scheduled and scrutinized, ready to be devoured by an audience always demanding more.