America mourns the loss of Drew Christiansen, S.J., a noted scholar and former editor in chief of the magazine.

Was Kelly Cherry a novelist? A poet? An essayist? A literary critic? Depending on one’s point of view, she was one or all of these things.

America's spring 2022 literary issue has a little bit of something for everyone—including the historian in each of us.

A novel, a memoir and a history of men's Catholic collegiate basketball were the three latest selections for the Catholic Book Club.

One of America's finest literary talents, Leonard Feeney, S.J., rose to national prominence in the 1940s—but not for his prose or poetry.

Sigrid Undset wrote the famous “Kristin Lavransdatter” trilogy and won the Nobel Prize. She also was a sometime contributor to America during the Second World War after the Nazi invasion of Norway had forced her into exile.

Even a cursory look at Scripture shows that Jesus was not at all afraid to repudiate those who deserved it.

John Steinbeck, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature, had many fans—and a few detractors—among reviewers in America over the years.

A Reflection for the Friday of the First Week of Lent, by James T. Keane.

Called “the Chekhov of the suburbs” for his intimate if painful portraits of American suburban life, John Cheever was a prose master and, said one reviewer, “a boyish scamp.”