Mary R. Finnegan 1/30/26 Mary R. Finnegan 1/30/26

Friday Links

2026 Jane Greer Memorial Poetry Contest; Ben Myers on Poetry and the Permanent Things; David Torkington on The Interior Castle; Fra Angelico Etched the Divine in Stone; Nadya Williams on The Haunted Fiction of George Saunders; The Back of the Book Podcast

Rhonda Ortiz 1/27/26 Rhonda Ortiz 1/27/26

Announcing the 2026 Jane Greer Memorial Poetry Contest

Thanks to the generosity of the Catholic literary community, and with the blessing of Jane’s family, Dappled Things announces the 2026 Jane Greer Memorial Poetry Contest, for the best poems submitted to the journal this year.

Jennifer Lindberg Gill 1/27/26 Jennifer Lindberg Gill 1/27/26

My trip to Yaddo

Exploring the place that had so much influence on Flannery O’Connor, among so many other writers.

Mary R. Finnegan 1/23/26 Mary R. Finnegan 1/23/26

Friday Links

Father Frank Pusateri 1/20/26 Father Frank Pusateri 1/20/26

Murder Mysteries and the Mysteries of Faith

Why do Catholics love murder mysteries so much?

Mary R. Finnegan 1/16/26 Mary R. Finnegan 1/16/26

Friday Links

“Ghost Sign” a poem and a conversation; Thomist Poets with Tamara Nicholl-Smith; Aillte; New Verse Review Winter 2026 issue; Ted Gioia on The Day NY Publishing Lost Its Soul; Jane Austen’s Persuasion: Conscious Love

Adam Seiler 1/13/26 Adam Seiler 1/13/26

A Spiritual Atheist’s Gospel Film

Did a marxist atheist manage to make the most sublime portrayal of Gospel ever on film?

Mary R. Finnegan 1/9/26 Mary R. Finnegan 1/9/26

Friday Links

The Life of W. B. Yeats with Professor Roy Foster; The Role of Catholic Artists in Authentic Church Reform; Cassandra Nelson: That None Should Fall; Critical Readings Episode 304: The Hobbit, Part I; The Colosseum; Ryan Wilson in Conversation with Poets Paul Pastor and Jane Scharl

Father Michael Rennier 1/8/26 Father Michael Rennier 1/8/26

Liturgies of the wild

Martin Shaw's new book examines the value of myth and ritual

Daniel Fitzpatrick 1/6/26 Daniel Fitzpatrick 1/6/26

In the Middle of Things

Augustine’s Confessions and literary education

Mary R. Finnegan 1/2/26 Mary R. Finnegan 1/2/26

Friday Links

Muriel Spark’s Strange Brilliance; John Wilson’s Year in Reading; Caravaggio and Us; An Interview with Erin O’Luanaigh; “Green Questions” by Rachel Hadas & more

Bernardo Aparicio García 12/31/25 Bernardo Aparicio García 12/31/25

Dappled Things at the End of a World

Paul Kingsnorth has summed up the civilizational path we have been walking for centuries now as an attempt to create a machine that can replace God. Yet the more we act as little gods, the more our societies have sunk into a crisis of meaning. Read about DT’s marching orders for the next twenty years of the journal.

Mike Dillon 12/30/25 Mike Dillon 12/30/25

Iona and Patmos: A Tale of Two Sacred Islands

Author Mike Dillon finds himself at the still point of a turning world.

Eric Cyr 12/23/25 Eric Cyr 12/23/25

I Would Rather Be a Saint Than a Great Novelist

How St. Augustine’s Confessions wrestles with and surpasses the Aeneid.

Bernardo Aparicio García 12/19/25 Bernardo Aparicio García 12/19/25

Advent Novena Meditation: Day 4

Reading for December 19.

Mary R. Finnegan 12/19/25 Mary R. Finnegan 12/19/25

Friday Links

Happy Birthday, Jane!; Caught in the Act of Greatness: Jane Austen at 250; Anthony Domestico’s Year in Books; Brown University’s Catholic Chaplain Remembers Ella Cook; Megan McArdle on The Brother I Lost; James Matthew Wilson on the Nicene Creed