Mary Karr delivers many truths that you need to hear.
Literature
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Howards End’ is another period drama worth falling for
E. M. Forster’s masterpiece is a state-of-the-nation thesis in the guise of a real estate inheritance plot.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
How Joan of Arc conquered Mark Twain
“Now listen to what an old man tells you. My best book is my Recollections of Joan of Arc.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Arthur Miller examined by his daughter in a new HBO documentary
Rebecca Miller has made a film that pays complicated tribute to a complex man.
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An Ignatian guide to ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
The film invites all of us to wear our hearts on our sleeves, to be honest and unabashedly earnest, to hope.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
What you learn from writing fiction
This week’s guest is Liam Callanan, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of the forthcoming novel, Paris by the Book. Mr. Callanan is the recipient of the 2017 George Hunt, S.J., Prize in Arts, Letters and Journalism, which is co-sponsored by America Media and the Saint Thomas More Chapel & […]
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Is Philip Pullman the anti-C.S.Lewis?
In a roundabout way, Pullman does Christians a service by writing his anti-Christian books.
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Want to teach your children U.S. history? Here’s where to start.
A survey of children’s books that put a human face on the complexities of America’s past
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Introducing America’s Fall Literary Review 2017
An introduction to America’s Fall Literary Review 2017.
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A great Catholic avante-garde novel, and why it is surprisingly relevant today
Much like Virgil in the pages of Hermann Broch’s book, we need to decide almost daily what we stand up for and when—and what price we are willing to pay for our convictions.