The editors read nonfiction about the American land, untold stories of undocumented workers, and a new perspective on how Christians might view Muhammad.
George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.
Charter schools are often touted as revolutionary solutions to public school problems. But these schools have sidelined both Black communities and teachers.
For John Cottingham, theism provides a framework for consciousness and morality. Belief is thus a live option for thoughtful, intellectually responsible people.
The planet cannot provide the endless growth capitalism demands. A new book explores an economic reordering that could move us toward a sustainable future.
This month: surviving pain through poetry, surviving the climate apocalypse through new (and ancient) narratives, surviving the present through dystopian fiction.
Wendell Berry’s book about American racism, The Hidden Wound, is half-a-century old this year. It can be considered an exercise in white vulnerability.
Stephen Hough, one of the world’s greatest musical performers, speaks with us about bioethics, sacramentality, and the challenges of living as a gay Catholic.
Summer’s here, and we’re reading new books by women writers about God, communal religious practice, and the strangeness of American life at the margins.
James Baldwin’s ‘The Fire Next Time’ reveals the destructive tendency of white Americans—and white American Christians most of all—to avoid self-scrutiny.
A Czech priest and writer, Fr. Tomáš Halík served as a spokesperson for the church during the Velvet Revolution. His autobiography is now available in English.
Like his wife Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne had an abiding interest in, and a cleared-eyed view of, the struggle between the haves and the have-nots.
Dorothy Day is well-known for her ‘paradoxical’ nature, which resists political characterization. A new biography also contextualizes her life, filling in the gaps.
Many of us are familiar with the absurdity-unto-death that is working remotely. Forget the zoom-and-gloom: put down your devices and pick up these new books.
