The Polis
Brief for Issue 39: The Polis
Brief for Issue 39: The Polis
"Funk and Wagnalls" by Donovan McAbee
Lived experiences often provide the strongest rebuttals to intellectual doubts. Review by Katy Carl
Ars Poetica, with Foxes by Lauren Delapenha // Honorable Mention, 2025 Fare Forward Poetry Competition
Neuroception by Jill Haugen // Honorable Mention, 2025 Fare Forward Poetry Competition
Rachel Hicks’s poetry shows the powerful role words play in bridging the gap between everyday experience and the divine. Review by Elise Tegegne
Sometimes it takes stopping time to wrestle with what it means to inhabit it. Review by Matthew Pullar
Lucas Smith’s short story collection Spare Us Yet finds apathy an inadequate response to the world. His characters’ encounters with God compel them to contemplation, and then to action. Review by Eric Cyr
Opening Remarks for Issue 37: The Mystery of Music By Managing Editor Sara Holston and Executive Editor Michael Carlowicz
A tour through four American communal music traditions illuminates the ways these ancient practices form us for living in the world and in community. By Brandon McNeice
"The Maker's Magic": A Cocktail Recipe By Fr. John Trammell
An installment in our continuing series, in honor of the album’s 20th anniversary. Review edited by Charlie Clark