Christian Collier’s debut poetry collection brings together grief, transience, and the beautiful fragility of life and love. Review by Alice Courtright

A new graphic novel depicting the life of composer Arvo Pärt creates striking visual resonances for both music and prayer. Review by Micah Clark

Brown’s poems juxtapose the sacred and the everyday, situating both in real places ranging from the urban to the airborne. Review by Abigail Carroll

Joe Pug’s latest album carries forward the themes of his 2009 debut with the weight of accumulated age and experience. Review by Matt Miller

A consuming childhood friendship allows two young women to imagine, but not attain, a future beyond their impoverished Italian neighborhood. Review by Maria Copeland

A goofy, seemingly innocuous toy movie reminds us to resist the urge to freeze everything as-is, and to instead embrace the creativity of those coming behind. Review by Gregg Fairbrothers

Wilco’s fifth album musically captures—and communicates—the essential bodiliness of human persons. Review by Charlie Clark

The five-volume Lightbringer Series is in many ways a typical modern fantasy—but it weaves in a consistently compelling depiction of the life of faith. Review by Sara Holston