Article Books in Brief This month, the editors are reading film history, journalism about surveillance, and novels.By The EditorsJuly 18, 2023 Books in Brief Fiction Nonfiction
Article The Sheer Will to Grind Siobhan Phillips’s debut novel posits learning, and the desire that drives it, as the very bedrock of character.By Anthony DomesticoJuly 12, 2023 Fiction Culture Books
Article Holding His Pose A prize-winning novel by the Italian writer rumored to be Elena Ferrante challenges the myth of the singular, self-made artist.By Marcus HijkoopJuly 12, 2023 Books Fiction Culture
Article Socialist Weather Jenny Erpenbeck’s latest novel, ‘Kairos,’ depicts a love affair haunted by history, preoccupied with the passage of time.By Bailey TrelaJune 22, 2023 Fiction Literature History
Article Remembering Cormac McCarthy Commonweal contributors on the work and influence of the literary giantBy The EditorsJune 20, 2023 Literature Fiction
Article Too Late for Grace? Brandon Taylor offers us a novel of finish and style—a novel that sees fiction not as serving identity but as exploring issues of moral concern.By Anthony DomesticoJune 6, 2023 Books Culture Fiction
PoliticsHow Not to Defend Liberalism Technocratic neoliberalism is not the rightful heir of the liberal tradition, but an anti-democratic distortion of it.By Alexander SternSeptember 14, 2023
ReligionBringing Mass to a Migrant Camp “In a migrant camp, liturgy is an act of bricolage.”By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 1, 2023
CultureDancing Around Death A new exhibit brings together Tibetan Buddhist and European Christian art, inviting visitors to ponder their ambivalence surrounding death.By Xiao SituSeptember 14, 2023
BooksHelen Keller, Christian Socialist Helen Keller's public image is benignly inspiring. A new book digs into her identity as a radical Leftist whose politics were rooted in her faith.By Nick TaborSeptember 13, 2023
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021
