And All Shall Be Well

by John Wilson

A review of Timothy Larsen's George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2018

The Point of Gosnell

by Charlotte Allen

The pro-choice media and entertainment industry seem to have conspired to make certain that as few people as possible ever see the film Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer. Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2018

The Bookish Life

by Joseph Epstein

The village idiot of the shtetl of Frampol was offered the job of waiting at the village gates to greet the arrival of the Messiah. “The pay isn’t great,” he was told, “but the work is steady.” The same might be said about the conditions of the bookish life: low pay but steady . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

In Rare Form

by Jennifer Reeser

Devotions by timothy murphy north dakota state, 192 pages, $24.95 Not a knee is padded in Timothy Murphy’s new collection. This is no minor point, considering that knee remains for the length of the volume perpetually bent and on the floor. Like the poet himself, these ­poems—religious . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Americans and the Arts

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Sunil Iyengar on current trends in Americans’ engagement with the arts. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2018

Master of Intricate Forms

by A. M. Juster

No American poet has ever matched the thorough understanding of Catholic history and doctrine that James Matthew Wilson possesses.  Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2018

Songs of Faith and Yearning

by John Wilson

A recommendation for the folk duo Lowland Hum. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2018

The Nun and Vatican II

by Charlotte Allen

A review of the film The Nun. Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

The Imperial Conductor

by Allen C. Guelzo

Toscanini:  Musician of Conscience  by harvey sachs liveright, 944 pages, $39.95 When the first instruction manual for leaders of orchestras—Johann Mattheson’s Der vollkommene Capellmeister—appeared in 1739, it was a sign that the size of orchestral ensembles and the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

Vice and Fire

by Peter Hitchens

A Song of Ice and Fire by george r. r. martin bantam, 5216 pages, $36.39 No English child will ever again experience, as I did, the joys of Arthur Conan Doyle’s great historical romances The White Company and Sir Nigel, set in the far-off fourteenth century. The remaining . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018