Article Poem | Earth "Gods as wild as the stars, who reigned / in a firmament unpolluted by city lights."By Stuart DybekMarch 1, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | Anthracite Revisited "it was a defining time / a time I chose to cherish— / it was the January of my life / now it is October"By Wilma SpellmanMarch 1, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | In the Basilica of San Vitale "In the moment, we share / a desire to be released / from mineral existence"By W. S. Di PieroMarch 1, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | Enter You, Waving "There you were, last year, just inside the door, / hand raised like a happy Etruscan lord / reposing on his limestone tomb."By W. S. Di PieroMarch 1, 2023 Poetry
Article Eliot’s Pitiless Brilliance An extraordinary new study of ‘The Waste Land’ offers—with intensity and good humor—a comprehensive reading of Eliot’s greatest masterpiece. By William H. PritchardMarch 1, 2023 Poetry Literature Books Culture
Article Two Poems by David Lehman "It offered the opposite / of 'conventional wisdom' / and inadvertently / proved opposites are equal."By David LehmanJanuary 30, 2023 Poetry
PoliticsDonald Trump's New York Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.By Paul MosesFebruary 20, 2023
ReligionThe Anti-Francis Gatekeepers The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.By Austen IvereighJanuary 27, 2023
CultureAlone in the City Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller. By Robert RubsamFebruary 9, 2023
BooksTwo Sides of Dignity By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.By Costică BrădăţanNovember 2, 2022
BooksA Circle without a Center Is it important to hire Catholic intellectuals at Catholic universities? What challenges stand in the way?By Bernard G. PrusakJuly 12, 2022
CollectionsThe Attack on Ukraine As the crisis in Ukraine continues, we’re featuring articles on the war and what could be to come for Ukrainians and the world as a whole.By The EditorsMarch 25, 2022