Humane Literature and the Divided Soul

Humane Literature and the Divided Soul

by | Jan 4, 2026

The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life By Heidi White. Goldberry, 2025. Hardcover, 238 pages. $29.00. Reviewed by Gary Hartenburg. Heidi White’s debut book, The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life, unites a memoir in fragments with a...
Restocking Conservatives’ Bookshelves

Restocking Conservatives’ Bookshelves

by | Sep 21, 2025

13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (But Probably Haven’t Read) By Christopher J. Scalia. Regnery, 2025. Hardcover, 352 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. Earlier this summer, The New York Times published yet another jeremiad on fiction-reading men going the way...
A Scholar for all Seasons

A Scholar for all Seasons

by | Aug 24, 2025

Flannery O’Connor and the Church Made Visible: A Revolutionary Witness for the Sake of the Gospel By Ralph C. Wood. Baylor University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 181 pages, $42.99. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III.  Ralph C. Wood, over his long and remarkable career,...
The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

by | Apr 27, 2025

Muses of a Fire: Essays on Faith, Film, and Literature By Paul Krause. Stone Tower Press, 2024. Paperback, 227 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. Roman Polanski’s 1974 masterpiece Chinatown is not only a classic of film noir, but it is also one of the greatest...
Understanding the Rest of Hemingway’s Iceberg

Understanding the Rest of Hemingway’s Iceberg

by | Apr 27, 2025

Hemingway’s Art of Revision: The Making of the Short Fiction By John Beall.  Louisiana State University Press, 2024.  Hardcover, 310 pages, $50. Reviewed by Sean C. Hadley. In Brad Paisley’s 2005 hit song, “Alcohol,” the country musician sings about the praises and...