Poetry

they last seconds then dissipate like apologies

I worried his soul had been out for too long.

Cairns is a rare figure in American letters: a religious poet free of mawkish piety.

Recommendations from the editors of America magazine, plus some poetry too!

Strictly speaking, anyone spreading ideas, good or bad, engages in propaganda. Preaching is propaganda. St. Paul wrote propaganda.

Our scars pulse with the rage that cannot sound