Books

Looking Forward to the Peaceable Kingdom

What I am reading may lead unexpectedly to this moment, even if there is seemingly no connection. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020

Perilous Directions

Pity the satirist: He labors under a double burden. There is, first and foremost, the need to be funny. Whatever kind of laughter the satirist conjures—whether it be queasy or full-out—the jokes have to land. Comedians have no safety net, and the ground is hard-packed. Then there is the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Two Cheers for Charles Taylor and Friends

by Carl R. Trueman

Charles Taylor’s latest work, co-authored with Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien, details how Western democracy is in serious trouble. Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2020

A Booklist For Quarantine

by John Wilson

A list of a few books that might offer welcome distraction. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2020

Books About Next to Nothing

by John Waters

Fiction is no longer a useful means of grappling with reality. Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2020

What We’ve Been Reading—March 2020

by Editors

Our thoughts on the books we've been reading. Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2020

Andrew Klavan’s Experimental Fiction

by John Wilson

John Wilson reviews Andrew Klavan’s The Nightmare Feast. Continue Reading »

6 Mar 2020

Briefly Noted

by Various

In The River of the Immaculate Conception, James Matthew Wilson confirms his vocation as a public poet. Commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute, this poem sequence of seven parts leads us through the lives of St. Juan Diego, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Père Marquette, with interludes on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020