Books and literature

Catholic book reviews, author interviews, and reflections on literature, faith, and culture. Dive into thoughtful Catholic perspectives on literature.

Our fall book harvest

Here are a few books U.S. Catholic editors think are worth adding to your reading list this month   Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life...

Exiles

By Ron Hansen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008) The pivotal moment in Ron Hansen's Exiles comes almost exactly midway through the 225-page book. A fellow...

The Great Awakening

By Jim Wallis (HarperOne, 2008) Jim Wallis' prayers seem to have been answered. In 2005 the founding editor of Sojourners magazine decried the state of...

Shelf life

 “Modern spiritual classics” recommended by Kathleen Norris, Martin E. Marty, Joyce Rupp, Joan Chittister, and other prominent U.S. Catholic...

An all-you-can-read buffet

On the feast of the Corpus Christi last year Pope John Paul II called for a special year dedicated to the Eucharist, and Christians looking to nourish their...

Bad news on the rise

A long line has formed at the information desk at Borders, so I wait my turn behind a student studying her syllabus and a tourist-type, probably looking for a...