The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

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...
The Postmodern Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Postmodern Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: Three-Volume Box Set By J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. William Morrow, 2024. Hardcover, 1728 pages, $125. Reviewed by Michael Lucchese. J.R.R. Tolkien surely ranks among the greatest novelists...
Et in Arcadia Ego

Et in Arcadia Ego

Fret Not  By Michael Shindler. Finishing Line Press, 2024. Paperback, 40 pages, $17.99. Reviewed by Dan Rattelle. A first look at Fret Not quickly reveals that its author, Michael Shindler, does not have an MFA. Good. Absent is any sort of knowing irony in its deeply...
Making It Home

Making It Home

Exile’s Journey By Jeffrey Bilbro. Little Gidding Press, 2024. Paperback, 64 pages, $11. Reviewed by Sarah Reardon. In my recent contemplations about literature, I have been struck by the mundanity and profundity that often simultaneously accompany the act of reading....
Finding the Historical Vergil

Finding the Historical Vergil

Vergil: The Poet’s Life By Sarah Ruden. Yale University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 200 pages, $26. Reviewed by Paul Krause. Vergil is the greatest Roman poet. We know him as the poet of the Aeneid, the Eclogues, and the Georgics. Vergil is also Dante’s guide through hell...