In 'Cosmic Connections,' Charles Taylor focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the unique human experience of “being modern.”

A Homily for Ash Wednesday, by Father Terrance Klein

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, social and political figures alike for his many contributions to Irish literature and to the cause of social reconciliation.

To God, who gives joy to my youth. Say it! Say it now...