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Letter fragments, Fr. Alcina to the Jesuit Superior General, July, 1674
"LETTER FRAGMENTS, FR. ALCINA TO THE JESUIT SUPERIOR GENERAL, JULY, 1674" by Isabel Cristina Legarda
Looking Up
Courtney Ellis’s parallel story of birdwatching and processing grief shows how birding can teach us to slow down and rediscover truths about God that are all around us.
A Ghost Is Born
Wilco’s fifth album musically captures—and communicates—the essential bodiliness of human persons. Review by Charlie Clark
The Lightbringer Series
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
Wildcat
Ethan and Maya Hawke's biopic succeeds in bringing to life both O'Connor's vivid imagination and her mundane reality. Review by Whitney Rio-Ross
Acts
Spencer Reece’s long-awaited third poetry collection weaves his life in Spain with the questions we all ask about how we can possibly live in this world of ours. Review by Todd Osborne
The Modern Saints
Modern iconographer Gracie Morbitzer’s new book brings the saints up close and personal. Review by Tulio Huggins
Dune: Part 2
Villeneuve’s sweeping second installment of Dune skillfully portrays the epic’s depiction of the corrupting effect of unmitigated power in human hands.
The Atlas of Remedies
Poet Paul Jaskunas’s new novel brings rural Lithuania and Manhattan to life through the eyes of the emigrants and immigrants he portrays. Review by Peter Lilly
