Deep Down Things

Nicodemus, Doug Weaver
Pentecost 2012 issue.

Poetry is a holy waste
Mary Lang Mary Lang

Poetry is a holy waste

“As a young girl, I heard my father say to me, “God is a mathematician.” He cited the stars, the way the planets move, the infinite complexity of creation, and physics. Possessing somewhat other than a passion for math myself, I protested…Mathematics are beautiful. And yet. And yet I can’t think God only occupies himself with working out math problems in the heavens…God also loves poetry.”

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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with Byun-Chul Han; Melina Moe on Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters; William Tate reviews Jane Greer’s poetry; Carina Hodder in The Lamp

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On being a paperboy
Christopher Mari Christopher Mari

On being a paperboy

“I walk the streets…all the houses are connected, block upon never-ending block, on and on. In a lot of them, they read my newspapers. The same newspapers. A seed is planted in my soul without my realizing it. I’m unconscious of it for a long while as the seed’s roots reach out for nourishment. It’s the writing that connects them.”

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For those who cannot pray - T.S. Eliot’s waste land
Angela Beatrice Angela Beatrice

For those who cannot pray - T.S. Eliot’s waste land

Salvation through the cross; The Quartets through The Waste Land. So when we cannot pray, when our waste lands are too dense with debris and falsehood, we should pray in and with them, for the end is already decided.

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Joshua Hren Joshua Hren

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Ivana Greco reviews Tim Carney’s new book; Patrick Tomassi on Brideshead Revisited During Lent; After Lord Byron: Poetic advice for the modern poet; R. J. Snell on Thomism at 750; Steven Greydanus on ‘Dune: Part Two’

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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with a St. Patrick’s Day poem from Poems Ancient and Modern; a Mary Lou Williams Lecture and Gala Performance at the Hank Center; Sally Thomas on Jessica Wooten Wilson’s, Why Do the Heathen Rage?; James Matthew Wilson on the “somewhat exaggerated death of poetry”; & David Schaengold on ugly, poorly built buildings

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The wooing of Bethlehem
Michael Williams Michael Williams

The wooing of Bethlehem

All my anxieties, all my dreads and confusions were hushed by the flow of gentle majesty streaming from Heaven. This is not the sort of state and experience that just happens to one out of the blue, or that even happens when beholding a lovely sunrise on the way to work or in harking to the chords of a beautiful piece of music. This is a kind of serenity that transcends any natural faculty for responding to loveliness or glory.

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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The New Criterion: The Critic’s Notebook, An Exquisite Charity by Denise Trull, Josey Parker on Cicero, Stone, Clay & Wood from Ewan Craig, Art & Truth: Exploring the Responsibility of the Artist

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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Tara Isabella Burton: On Good Parties, Dan Hitchens on Samuel Johnson Among the Modernists, The Sacred and Profane Love Podcast is back with Patrick Deneen on DeLillo’s White Noise, Anecdotal Evidence on Henri Coulette, Poetica: “Dear March - Come in” by Emily Dickinson

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A letter to my baker
Angela Townsend Angela Townsend

A letter to my baker

On the subtle art of baking and the tortured geniuses who keep us lining up at the bakery counter morning after morning.

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Mary R. Finnegan Mary R. Finnegan

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The Tin Can Residency, Frank Guan On Don DeLillo, Art as Obedience by Madison Morris, Lenten Realism from Glenn Arber, Adam Fleming Petty on Ben Lerner

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And I alone am escaped to tell thee
J.D. Harlock J.D. Harlock

And I alone am escaped to tell thee

“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.” J.D. Harlock on writing as an act of defiance in the face of grave evil.

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