The Catholic Imagination in 2022
by Jessica Hooten WilsonThe fourth Catholic Imagination Conference will be held at the University of Dallas, from September 30 until October 1. Continue Reading »
Style Is Vital
by Dan HitchensStyle is the intellect in flight: A thought can only really travel when it has the equilibrium, speed, and structure to get off the ground. Continue Reading »
The Poet’s Eye
by Josh ChristensonTo seek publication is to seek to be judged. It is to learn, finally, what kind of writer one is (or is not) meant to be. Continue Reading »
Remembering Gerald Russello (1971–2021)
by Stephen SchmalhoferGerald Russello worked at the center of things and lived in the service of the permanent things. Continue Reading »
Clarity and Contempt
by John WilsonIf we can't be correct all the time, we can at least be clear. Continue Reading »
Style Reveals the Man
by Joseph EpsteinWriting cannot be taught, as I came to realize after attempting to teach it for thirty years to university students, but it can be learned. One can only teach the mistakes bad writers make and provide examples of what makes good writers good. One cannot teach a love of language, the power of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Department of Faulty Generalizations
by John WilsonHere I offer gratis a few thoughts about a writing project, in the hope that a writer or two will be inspired. Continue Reading »
The First Commandment of Fiction
by Joshua HrenIn his short story “The Trouble,” the American Catholic writer J. F. Powers refuses to stay in his lane. Continue Reading »
Books About Next to Nothing
by John WatersFiction is no longer a useful means of grappling with reality. Continue Reading »
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