A Wild Ride Characterized by Potholes
Jesus in the Minnows: A Catholic Beat Memoir By David Craig. Angelico Press, 2023. Paperback, 216 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by Alex Taylor. There are two types of people in the world. Those who like the Beat poets and those…well. Beat poet turned monastic Thomas...
For They Shall Be Comforted
Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning Introduction and Translation by David G. Bonagura, Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2023. Paperback, 128 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. The death of a loved one can be wrenchingly painful. It is during such a...
St. Thomas Aquinas With a Southern Drawl
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...
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...
Chuck Chalberg reviews "America Last:
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators"