Diane Scharper reviews "There Your Heart Lies" by Mary Gordon.

Religious studies professor William Reiser, S.J., reflects on his use of Harry Potter in the classroom.

Harry Potter may be the perfect series to speak to this moment in time. But we need to do more than use it as a way to identify like-minded readers. We need to use the texts to create like-hearted brothers and sisters.

I did not know it was Joy

One of attractions to a show like “American Gods” is that it purposefully toys with that concept of belief.

The boy named Wolf bursts from the kiva / into a blaze of sun; men’s ankle shells rattle.