Anthony Domestico is chair of the English and Global Literatures Department at Purchase College, and a frequent contributor to Commonweal. His book Poetry and Theology in the Modernist Period is available from Johns Hopkins University Press.
Article Literary Fanfic On the emerging trend of “literary fanfic,” fictional retellings of classic literature or the lives of historical figures By Anthony Domestico October 5, 2021 bookmarks Fiction
Article The Same Anew The poet Donald Revell believes that seeing—true seeing, ecstatic seeing—is the poet’s real task. By Anthony Domestico September 2, 2021 Poetry Interview
Article Critical Loitering Michael Hofmann’s writing is elegant, funny, and very strange, less interested in synthesis than exploration. By Anthony Domestico August 12, 2021 Poetry
Article What the Imagination Seizes The works of Greg Gerke and Rachel Eisendrath remind us why we come to art: to be changed, to find beauty, and to interpret our own lives. By Anthony Domestico July 17, 2021 Arts Literature Nonfiction
Article Aesthetic Transfiguration Francisco Goldman’s autofiction considers the moral and aesthetic demands of both the real and imagined. By Anthony Domestico June 16, 2021 Books
Article Pattern & Novelty From Michael Robbins and Hannah Sullivan, grown-up poetry and poetry about growing up. By Anthony Domestico April 30, 2021 Poetry