Sister Mariella Gable: Pioneer and Prophet
A Theology of Fiction By Cassandra Nelson. Wiseblood Books, 2025. Paperback, 116 pages, $10. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. A bit north and then west of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, one can stumble across an unincorporated community called...
Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation: Dystopia Unbound in Late Postmodernism
Annihilation (Anéantir) By Michel Houellebecq. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. Hardcover, 544 pages, $30.00. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González. France in 2027 is the setting of Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, Annihilation (Anéantir)....
To Awaken the Uneasy Sleeper: New Vistas on Russell Kirk’s Fiction
The Wizard of Mecosta: Russell Kirk, Gothic Fiction, and the Moral Imagination By Camilo Peralta. Vernon Press, 2024. Hardcover, 222 pages, $78.00. Reviewed by James E. Person Jr. The late Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was one of the wisest yet humblest of men one could...
Susan Cooper on the Moral Imagination in Fantasy Fiction
Interviewed by Isaiah Flair. Editor’s Note: Susan Cooper is one of the preeminent fantasy fiction authors of the last 50 years. Her popular series, The Dark Is Rising, has influenced generations of readers. She won the American Library Association’s Margaret A....
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This was a fun book to read and review--many thanks to @ubookman for publishing! Link here: https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/bring-back-the-virtues-medieval-style/?mc_cid=3ec1588892&mc_eid=0f1acafa9e