Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics, Second Edition By Nancy Felson. Harvard University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 220 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. Until the recent fascination with Cleopatra VII, Helen of Sparta / Troy has been the most readily...
Dante’s Footsteps: Poems and Reflections on Poetry By Paul Krause. Stone Tower Press, 2025. Paperback, 104 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Raleigh Adams. Dante’s Footsteps, a new collection of poems and reflections from Paul Krause, offers a winding and artful overview of...
Suicide in Modern Catholic Literature By Martin Lockerd. Cascade Books, 2025. Paperback, 196 pages, $27. Reviewed by John Ehrett. Around the world, assisted suicide—now going under the perverse euphemism “MAID,” or “Medical Assistance In Dying”—has become a...
2025 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows Announced The Kirk Center is pleased to introduce our other McLellan Prizes fellowships cohort, including the Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows. Each Shapiro Fellow will receive a $12,500 fellowship to pursue writing, research,...
Celebrating William F. Buckley’s 100th On October 23, we gathered in Grand Rapids with partners organizations to remember the life and legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. Two panels—The Role of Education in a Free Society and Fusionisms, Old and New—brought together...