The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
by Mark BauerleinJoseph Pearce joins the podcast to discuss his book The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Continue Reading »
Diagnosing Disaster
by R. R. Reno“Why Did We Destroy Europe?” It’s an arresting title, chosen by Michael Polanyi for a 1970 essay that looks back on the conflagrations that consumed Europe between 1914 and 1945. (The essay can be found in Society, Economics & Philosophy, a posthumous volume of selected papers by . . . . Continue Reading »
To Catch a Plagiarist
by Joshua T. KatzThe plagiarism wars have begun. Claudine Gay is out as president of Harvard, in large part because of conduct that the Harvard Corporation and Gay herself refuse to describe with the p-word, and the coming months will probably be painful for quite a few people who write for a living. As a result of . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing My Autobiography
by Joseph Epstein“Are you still writing?” he asked. “I am,” I answered. “What are you working on at the moment?” “An autobiography,” I said. “Interesting,” he replied. “Whose?” The implication here, you will note, is that mine hasn’t been a life sufficiently interesting to merit an . . . . Continue Reading »
Lost Women Novelists
by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia MeszarosOver the last half-century, dozens of remarkable Catholic women writers have fallen almost entirely out of print. In their own time, their books were widely read, often bestsellers. Taken together, their work spans an impressive range of social, political, and spiritual perspectives; it is often . . . . Continue Reading »
How to Kill a Literary Genre
by Jaspreet Singh BoparaiGod willing, Jordan Castro will help kill off autofiction as a literary form. Continue Reading »
A Day in the Life of a Columnist
by John WilsonWriting a column is a strange, many-sided enterprise and a privilege. Continue Reading »
The Heyday of the Columnist
by John WilsonI am grateful for moments that in one respect “break in” or “break through” routine but that also, like routine, come with no big fuss, no planning, no “ceremony.” Continue Reading »
Micah Mattix on The Integrity of Poetry
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Micah Mattix to talk about his article, “The Integrity of Poetry,” from the February 2023 issue. Continue Reading »
How Faith-Based Colleges Can Challenge Technological Misuse
by Selma BotmanBut will those students who access free, easy, and speedy information via ChatGPT cause university education to come to an end? I do not think so. Continue Reading »
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