Graham Greene explains Waugh
The insight of an unlikely friend
Gene Wolfe’s under-rated genius
Gene Wolfe, one of the best and most under-rated writers around – and, apparently, the inventor of the machine that makes Pringles - died on Palm Sunday. His Book of the New Sun is a challenging and beautiful read, focusing on the journey of an ex-torturer named Severian as he travels through the … [Read More...]
Tolstoy On Greatness
Guest post by Jeffrey Wald. Count Tolstoy’s magnum opus War and Peace can be read on a variety of planes: historical fiction of the Napoleonic Wars; explication of Tolstoy’s theory of human history; exploration into “The Russian Soul”; etc. But perhaps the loudest narrative thread is the author’s … [Read More...]
The Bus to Cuautla
Guest post by Paul Burnham. I didn’t believe in Mary in the same way my Catholic friends did. My own faith accommodated her immaculate conception and her divine errand. There was room for that. But I didn’t believe in her intercession—not on my behalf. And I dismissed her apparitions. I knew … [Read More...]
The greatest cathedral
I'm sure you've all seen the horrific pictures of Notre Dame Cathedral being consumed by a massive fire. During the fire itself, while the roof of the building was an inferno, a rescue effort began. What was saved first? Was it the priceless art, the statues, the moneybox, the gold candlesticks? … [Read More...]
Memento Mori: Notre Dame
…Until you return to the ground from which you were taken: For you are dirt, and to dirt you shall return. – Genesis 3:19 Notre Dame Cathedral was built of earth—of stone and wood, of glass made from sand, of metals that were mined. For better or worse, she will be rebuilt. Perhaps she will … [Read More...]
