Article Attention & Outrage In Ada Calhoun’s ‘Also a Poet,’ writing a biography of Frank O’Hara is really a way of writing an autobiography of Calhoun’s relationship with her father. By Anthony Domestico July 31, 2022 Literature Poetry bookmarks
Article Escape from History? Frank Bidart’s latest poetry collection explores the blurry boundary between need and compulsion. By Paul Franz July 31, 2022 Books Poetry
Article Double Standards African nations face what appears to be a double standard, which has made them skeptical of the promise of real international criminal justice. By Fernando C. Saldivar July 28, 2022 Foreign Affairs Africa Ukraine Russia
Article Italy’s Tipping Point? Right-wing parties may take control of Italy this fall, as the Left lacks a socially progressive answer to the populists. By Massimo Faggioli July 27, 2022 Foreign Affairs Vatican
Feature My Mother’s Honeymoon “The country of my parents’ romance was located in the territory whose borders were Rome to the East and Hollywood to the West.” By Mary Gordon July 26, 2022 Domestic Affairs
Article ‘Natural Enemies’ No More John T. McGreevy on the history of the papacy’s relationship with democracy. By John T. McGreevy July 24, 2022 postliberalism Secularism and Modernity Philosophy
Article Strict Account Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Manifesto’ offers a clear, spirited account of the author’s experience as a biracial woman in the publishing world. By Valerie Sayers July 23, 2022 Nonfiction Books Race
Article Subversive Orthodoxy A new documentary explores Fr. Jim Martin’s LGBT ministry By Michael Leach July 22, 2022 LGBTQ issues U.S. Catholicism Movies
Should Catholics Promote Democracy? On this episode, historian John McGreevy explains how the twentieth-century Catholic Church finally came to embrace democracy. Politics Vatican II
Article Doubling Down There is nothing recognizably Catholic about the approach to politics or internal Church disagreements taken by Catholics for Choice. By Paul Baumann July 21, 2022 Abortion U.S. Catholicism
