Daniel Berrigan, S.J., went from a poet to an activist, and turned activism into poetry.

On the Feast of All Souls, it is to the Day of the Dead altars that the departed ones return, caught almost as if by lure, by the florid colors, the smells and the flavors, of foods they cherished on earth.

Three recent books on Thoreau, prompted by the the 200th anniversary of his birth, deepen our understanding of him.

Fiction moves us, engages us, finds for us truths we may not have recognized when first presented to us as fact. Fiction teaches us agility, the importance of leaping from word to meaning, and the pleasure that’s to be had in doing so.

Be careful when you're editing famous writers!