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Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Parody, Ernest Hemingway said, is a step up from writing on the wall above the urinal. He was wrong.
Arts & CultureVantage Point
Joel Wells
In 1958, Joel Wells of Chicago's "The Critic" contributed a somewhat unique story to America. How, he wondered, would some of our most famous authors tell the story of a dog that had been hit by a car?
Arts & CultureBooks
Benjamin Ivry
A newly available compilation of Rahner’s writings on the arts, edited and translated from the original German by Gesa Thiessen, traces Rahner’s thinking about the phenomenon of inspired enthusiasm.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Opening Day is a reminder that there are, to quote Bill Veeck, only two seasons: winter and baseball.
Arts & CultureBooks
Tom Deignan
Chicago has James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan. New Orleans has John Kennedy Toole’s Ignatius J. Reilly. Boston has Edwin O’Connor’s 'Last Hurrah.' And William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle series has “ironweeds” like Billy and Francis Phelan. What, then, is the greatest book ever written about the New York City Irish?
Arts & CultureBooks
Diane Scharper
Paul Lynch’s 'Prophet Song' was inspired by the Syrian Civil War and the plight of those seeking refuge from the destruction and death occurring in Syria.