Editors

Lila: A Dissenting View
Linda Moore, Books & Culture

Oxford Dictionaries Adds ‘Duck Face,’ ‘Man Crush,’ and ‘Lolcat’
Katy Steinmetz, Time

Future Perfect
Iwan Morus, Aeon

Women Who Love Angels
Judith Cofer, Poetry Magazine

Militants Destroy Iraqi Convent
Sam Hardy, Hyperallergic

The Purest of Lines: Isao Takahata’s Final Bow
Michael Toscano, Curator

Pelicans in December
J. Allyn Rosser, Poetry Magazine

In Memoriam: Stratford Caldecott (1953 - 2014)
Communio

The Optimistic Science of Leibniz
Marc E. Bobro, The New Atlantis

The Coming Democratization of Contemporary Art
Marion Meneker, The Atlantic

Verso L’Alto! Eve Tushnet and Christian Friendship
Jose Mena, Fare Forward

Who Should Own the Internet?
Julian Asange, The New York Times

Censors at Work: How States Shape Literature by Robert Darnton, a review: ‘an antidote’
Maureen Freely, The Telegraph

2014: The Year in Photos, January - April
The Atlantic

The Forecast
Wendy Xu, Poetry Magazine

The Promise and Prospects of Retrieval: Recent Developments in Roman Catholic Thought That Shape Contemporary Dogmatic Theology
Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Zondervan Academic

Why Write Christmas Carols in the Zombie-Era?
Joseph Bottum, Patheos

Saint Rose of Lima
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Poetry Magazine

The Promise and Prospects of Retrieval: Recent Developments in Roman Catholic Thought That Shape Contemporary Dogmatic Theology
Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Zondervan Academic

Mecca: From Shrine to Shopping Mall
Justin Marozzi, The Spectator

Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji
Adam Sternbergh, New York Magazine

Every few days I pick up Emily Dickinson’s poems and sample three or four lyrics. I would call them a calming reprieve from the bustle of the day, but that epithet doesn’t quite fit the verse. It’s more like an arresting spotlight on existence. Continue Reading »

China Bans Wordplay in an Attempt at Pun Control
Tania Branigan, The Guardian

Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale, by Marina Warner
Eilis NiDhuibhne, The Irish Times

Orpheus Alone
Mark Strand, Poetry Foundation

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Please, No Google in the Gallery
M. Anthony Mills, City Journal

Letter to a Friend on the Ressourcement
E. Milco, Ursus Elisei

The Writing Class
Jaswinder Bolina, Poetry Foundation

His Reason
Michael Spence, The New Criterion