“Majority” Revisited
by The EditorsWatch poet Dana Gioia recite “Majority,” a tribute to his son who died in infancy. Continue Reading »
Watch poet Dana Gioia recite “Majority,” a tribute to his son who died in infancy. Continue Reading »
If you have attended many poetry readings, you know how often they turn out to be flat and pedestrian affairs. A figure at the podium recites lines from compositions published and unpublished, and otherwise doesn’t have much to say. You hear a bit of biographical context for this or that specimen, . . . . Continue Reading »
I For years I’ve pondered a cultural and social paradox that diminishes the vitality and diversity of the American arts. This cultural conundrum also reveals the intellectual retreat and creative inertia of American religious life. Stated simply, the paradox is that, although Roman Catholicism . . . . Continue Reading »
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