Phil Klay

Phil Klay is the author of Redeployment (Penguin Books) and the host of the podcast Manifesto! He teaches in the Fairfield University MFA program.

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Feature

‘Sops to Humanity’

Samuel Moyn’s new book demonstrates how a focus on war crimes has distracted us from the evil of war itself.

October 4, 2021

Article

Nothing Left Worth Saving

Set in a miserable dystopia, Houellebecq’s latest novel is both thought-provoking and wearying, fronted by a hypercynical yet dangerously nostalgic narrator.

February 27, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

Must Reads

Politics

The Art of the Possible

How can Democrats salvage parts of their agenda after they failed to pass Build Back Better?

January 21, 2022

Religion

Welcoming the Stranger

For Jesuit Relief Services executive director Joan Rosenhauer, refugee resettlement and support is the mission at the heart of Catholicism.

By John Gehring

January 13, 2022

Culture

Mirror, Mirror

A major retrospective devoted to the art of Jasper Johns affords new visions of the artist, and ourselves.

By Griffin Oleynick

January 12, 2022

Culture

The Empowerment Trap

The documentary LuLaRich shows how the LuLaRoe multilevel-marketing scheme preyed on women’s desire to balance careers with families.

By Emma McDonald

January 6, 2022

Books

Hard-Won Wisdom

Lucille Clifton’s re-issued memoir celebrates life, acknowledges difficult times, and recognizes beauty wherever it can be found.

By Clifford Thompson

January 15, 2022

Collections

Christmas Critics 2021

Editors and contributors recommend books at the end of the year.

December 15, 2021

Collections

Thomas Merton at Commonweal

A selection of the monk, poet, and social critic’s spiritual writings from the archives

December 10, 2018

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