It is one thing to talk about the Resurrection. It is quite another to see the Easter fire struck in the night, the candle lit, the light of Christ filling the tomblike darkness of the waiting church. As a Catholic, I live and relive that liturgy every year; every year it astonishes me as no amount . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of John Cheever’s stories, most of which appeared in the New Yorker before being collected in a Pulitzer-winning book in 1978, regarded the author as “the Ovid of Ossining,” the artist who showed the riches and wonders of suburban life. Alert to the transcendent in the . . . . Continue Reading »
A “vast carelessness” is the source of many of our ills. Continue Reading »
Since plague time began, I’ve found the following books reassuring, challenging, illuminating, and in some cases just plain fun. Continue Reading »
There is always a danger, when we visit the past, of seeing what we want to see or what we expect to see. Continue Reading »
Douglas Farrow’s Theological Negotiations takes the reader to the very heart of our cultural confusions. Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno on Eugene Vodolazkin's Solovyov and Larionov, Mark Bauerlein on John Cheever's short stories, and more. Continue Reading »
Phil Christman’s Midwest Futures is short, cunningly constructed while seemingly casual, and rich with strange lore. Continue Reading »
The point of intellectual life is to practice the judgment of discerning enduring insight. Continue Reading »
Tyll: A Novel by daniel kehlmann, translated by ross benjamin pantheon, 352 pages, $26.95 Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Tyll, like its title character, is full of dark surprises. Tyll Ulenspiegel, a legendary figure from German folklore, is a prankster, magician, and traveling performer. Throughout . . . . Continue Reading »
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