by Justin D. Garrison | Jan 28, 2024
Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt—Paul Elmer More Correspondence Edited by Eric Adler. University of Missouri Press, 2023. Hardcover, 488 pages, $75. Reviewed by Justin D. Garrison. In The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk observes, “it is an ominous sign for any...
by Pedro Blas González | Jan 28, 2024
The Twilight World: A Novel By Werner Herzog. Translated by Michael Hofmann. Penguin Press, 2022. Hardcover, 144 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González. Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese Imperial Army soldier who did not accept that Japan surrendered on September 2,...
by Elizabeth Bittner | Jan 21, 2024
The Tragedy of Orpheus and the Maenads By David Lane. Arouca Press, 2023. Paperback, 118 pages, $14.95. Reviewed by Elizabeth Bittner. David Lane’s latest work, The Tragedy of Orpheus and the Maenads, is a masterful retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and...
by Jared Zimmerer | Jan 21, 2024
Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America By Anthony B. Bradley. Wipf and Stock, 2023. Paperback, 222 pages, $30. Reviewed by Jared Zimmerer. “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men....
by Henry T. Edmondson III | Jan 21, 2024
Understanding The Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art By Fr. Damian Ference. Word on Fire, 2023. Paperback, 280 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. By her own admission, Flannery O’Connor was...
by Jeffrey Folks | Jan 14, 2024
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...
by Gene Callahan | Jan 14, 2024
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,...
by Rev. Joseph Scolaro | Jan 14, 2024
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...
by Jeffrey Wald | Jan 7, 2024
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...
by Robert Grant Price | Jan 7, 2024
After Pandemic, After Modernity: The Relational Revolution By Giulio Maspero. St. Augustine’s Press, 2022. Paperback, 90 pages, $12. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, what the world needs to heal itself is Trinitarian spirituality....