Deep Down Things

Nicodemus, Doug Weaver
Pentecost 2012 issue.

 Meditations in a time of Zillow
Sister Maria Frassati Jakupcak, O.P. Sister Maria Frassati Jakupcak, O.P.

Meditations in a time of Zillow

All the thoughts that come with selling a family home, because old houses and forgotten places are “not nothing.”

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Literary Matters; Adam Plunkett on Robert Frost & Artistic Ethos; John Wilson review: Invisible Helix: A Detective Galileo Novel by Keigo Higashino; Flannery at 100 in Iowa City; A Mardis Gras Murder Mystery in Verse: Sonnez Les Matines; An Evening of Poetry and Fiction with Sally Thomas

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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with Rhonda Ortiz, Ross Douthat, Eric Cyr on Joe Pug, Kathryn Jean Lopez, & Antigone Journal

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Rand Richards Cooper on The Shredder’s Trade; God’s Little Flowers by Lindsay Schlegel; Shemaiah Gonzalez on “Building a vibrant Catholic culture through artistic virtues”; The Dean Abbott Podcast with Jane Greer; Missed Connections: Jessica Swoboda on Rachel Cusk’s Parade

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Losing to win
Mike Schramm Mike Schramm

Losing to win

How the “long defeat” shaped the writing of Walker Percy.

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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“Uses of Water” by A.M. Juster; Kazuo Robinson reviews Ali Smith’s Gliff; Constellation of Genius: Miłosz, Camus, Einstein, and Weil by Cynthia L. Haven; five days of flames by Avedis Maljanian; How Should Catholics Respond to the Immigration Crisis?

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The Lessons of Fr. Paul Mankowski; Oíche na Gaoithe Móire; A Crisis of Seriousness by Jon Bishop; Catholic Culture Podcast with Susannah Black Roberts; Jordan Castro on Recovering from Heroin and Fiction; The Secret of Opera Revealed with Dana Gioia

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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New Verse Review and Ekstasis; Thomist Poets with Paige Parker; James Matthew Wilson review Jason Baxter’s Inferno; Raymond N. MacKenzie on Balzac; Daniel Pitt on Roger Scruton; A Shroud for Our Skeptical Times; Objects of Fascination by Peter Hitchens; The Pattern by The Reflection Box

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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A Deep Dive Into Contemporary Catholic Poetry with Ryan Wilson; The Lough Derg Podcast with Lanta Davis; Jeffrey Reimer: Images of the Invisible God; Jon Sweeney on Catechist Nicholas Black Elk in the Aftermath of the European Invasion; Thomist Poets Reading Series with Paige Parker; S. P. Cooper on King Arthur’s Youth: Growing Up in the Once and Future King

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Friendship is an Oasis
Kiera Petrick Kiera Petrick

Friendship is an Oasis

Death Comes for the Archbishop reveals that sometimes friends have to be apart. Friendship is an oasis on the journey and sometimes moving on is the only way out of the desert.

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Uncommon Grace: The Life of Flannery O’Connor; James Matthew Wilson on “Most of the Prodigies…”; Nimrod Journal Writing Contest; The Mystery of Consciousness: Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s Keynote at Kinross House; Patrick Kurp on the Underappreciated Jane Greer: ‘Be Able to Call It a Poem’

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Andy Fowler: The Best & Worst Movies I Watched in 2024; Anthony Domestico: The Best Books of 2024; Our Lady of Emptiness by Matthew J. Milliner; How to Give a Real Gift by Tara Isabella Burton; Manifesto! A Podcast

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The Elf and the Inferno
Daniel Fitzpatrick Daniel Fitzpatrick

The Elf and the Inferno

Daniel Fitzpatrick makes the case that everyone’s favorite Christmas Elf, Buddy, is a modern-day Dante.

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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While All the Earth in Darkness Sleeps; The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians; Out of the Vortex; The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction; Black Elk's Gift of Healing; T.S. Eliot and Abraham Lincoln: Christian Humanists

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