The Novel: We Need It
The Novel: Who Needs It? By Joseph Epstein. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 152 pages, $25.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. There are few books of literary criticism in recent years that are clearly written, free of jargon, and not weighted down by one sort or another...
Good Economics on a Human Scale
The Political Economy of Distributism: Property, Liberty, and the Common Good By Alexander William Salter. The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. Paperback, 238 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. Alexander Salter has written an important book,...
Romano Guardini: A Man of His Times, A Man for Our Own
The World and the Person: And Other Writings By Romano Guardini. Introduction by Robert Royal. Regnery Gateway Editions, 2023. Paperback, 688 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Rev. Joseph Scolaro. Countless books have been and will be written on the transformation of...
Troublesome Corporeality: Mysticism, Gnosticism, and Sacramentality in The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel By Tess Gunty. Knopf, 2022. Hardcover, 352 pages, $28. Reviewed by Jeffrey Wald. Although I dislike identity politics, I must admit that when it comes to literature, I love to camp with my own tribe. In other words, I have a particular...
On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World" by Sean Connolly. Review by John Rossi.
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The Geography of the Peace at Eighty---Francis P. Sempa reflects on a nearly century old classic by @Yale Prof. Nicholas John Spykman. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944.