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 Under a Watchful Gaze For expatriate poet A.E. Stallings, selfhood is always relational. It’s not what we see that makes us who we are, but rather what sees us By Anthony Domestico December 15, 2018 Poetry Arts Social Justice Immigration
Article The Elements of Style More than a mere exercise in rhetorical analysis, today’s best criticism is an exercise in self-forgetting love By Anthony Domestico October 20, 2018 Poetry Fiction Secularism and Modernity
Article Bookmarks Two debut novels take us from the quiet grace of Idaho to the neon glitz of New York City By Anthony Domestico September 14, 2018 Fiction
Feature A Choreography of Praise A profile of the Irish poet Micheal O’Siadhail, whose dancing lines sing the joy and jazz of creation. By Anthony Domestico August 6, 2018 Books Poetry Spirituality Theology
Article ‘Intrepid Cartographer of God-shaped Holes’ An interview with the author of a debut novel that features cult leaders, terrorism, and the loss of faith By Anthony Domestico August 4, 2018 Fiction Secularism and Modernity Interview
Article Beauty Behind Bars Rachel Kushner’s new novel examines the moral void at the heart of the American system of mass incarceration By Anthony Domestico June 29, 2018 Fiction Domestic Affairs