The stories of Machado de Assis let us imagine our way into familiar perspectives and situations from unexpected vantages that enlarge and transform our sense of what is and what can be in this life, and the next.
Literature
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Oscar Wilde finds Christ in “The Happy Prince”
“The Happy Prince” covers only the last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life. When it touches on religion, it is intensely interesting.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘King Lear’ returns to film, prophetic as ever
A new adaptation from the BBC and Amazon makes ideal use of a sensational cast of British actors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Tara Isabella Burton’s new novel is a vivid account of how sin slowly creeps in
Review of ‘Social Creature,’ by Tara Isabella Burton
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The tragedy of Joyce Kilmer, the Catholic poet killed in World War I
The celebrated writer is best known for his 1913 poem “Trees.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The restless soul of Anthony Burgess
Though ‘lapsed,’ the prolific author was obsessed with the church.
Posted inMagazine, Press Release
Phil Klay named 2018 Hunt Prize winner
Mr. Klay will be awarded the $25,000 George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize at ceremony in September.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Flannery O’Connor and the Catholic editor who nurtured her career
Patrick Samway draws from letters to paint a picture of an editor and a writer who rarely met in person but who nonetheless forged a close bond.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What Childish Gambino and Flannery O’Connor have in common
Gambino’s new video for ‘This is America’ is an experience of radical interruption, one that O’Connor would have appreciated.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Harry Potter is now on Broadway and it might never leave
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is both a sequel to Rowling’s iconic seven-book series and a canny rehash of many of its tropes.