Helene Stapinski

Helene Stapinski is the author of three books of nonfiction, including 2017’s Murder in Matera, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times.

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‘True’ Stories?

Fiction is hard. Nonfiction is hard for different reasons: the need to ensure accuracy, the risk of angering your subjects. These books succeed brilliantly.

December 19, 2019

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Why I Left

After reading news of the lawsuits brought against the Diocese of Fairbanks and the Oregon province of the Society of Jesus, I left the church for good.

November 19, 2018

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Socialism or Feudalism

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A Different Kind of Catholic

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Culture

Working for Justice Means Taking Sides

Defending racist and violent policing as the result of individual “bad apples” doesn’t just obscure larger systemic problems. It hinders the pursuit of justice.

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Books

Home Songs

A new, polyphonic collection with poems by more than a hundred Latinx writers responds to the vexed problem of identity with expansiveness, not reductionism.

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June 12, 2020

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