‘Everything Beautiful Comes From and Speaks of God,’ Says French Artist; James Matthew Wilson on the Catholic Culture Podcast; The Moral Authority of a Body; B.D. McClay: The Soul Should Not Be Handled; And Announcing the J.F Powers Short Fiction Contest Shortlist

Ekphrastic Sacred Poetry Contest from Catholic Literary Arts; Christopher Scalia on“Mending Wall”; To Save Our Cities, Let’s Go to the Movies by Jon Bishop; Matthew Milliner: Mary Underground; WSJ reviews some children’s books; Mark Bauerlein & Cheryl Hughes on Fulton Sheen; Cassandra Nelson & Andrew Klavan on A Theology of Fiction

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! An extra set of links for the day that’s in it. Slaínte!

From St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to the Sisters of Life: A Legacy of Grace, Unbroken; Claudel's Poetics: A Cosmic Word of Praise w/ Dr Thomas Pfau; Thomist Poets Reading Series with Zina Gomez-Liss; Donal Ryan Wins An Post Irish Book of the Year; “Mo Mhíle Stór” by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill translated by Heaney

Ayako Sono, Novelist Who Infused Works with Christian Ethics, Dies at 93; Michael Lucchese on T. S. Eliot and the Need for Lent; Auden’s Island: The poet in the postwar era by Alan Jacobs; David Perell and Dana Gioia in conversation; Heidie Sensema: Smash the Small Cosmos

Literary Matters; Adam Plunkett on Robert Frost & Artistic Ethos; John Wilson review: Invisible Helix: A Detective Galileo Novel by Keigo Higashino; Flannery at 100 in Iowa City; A Mardis Gras Murder Mystery in Verse: Sonnez Les Matines; An Evening of Poetry and Fiction with Sally Thomas

with Rhonda Ortiz, Ross Douthat, Eric Cyr on Joe Pug, Kathryn Jean Lopez, & Antigone Journal

Rand Richards Cooper on The Shredder’s Trade; God’s Little Flowers by Lindsay Schlegel; Shemaiah Gonzalez on “Building a vibrant Catholic culture through artistic virtues”; The Dean Abbott Podcast with Jane Greer; Missed Connections: Jessica Swoboda on Rachel Cusk’s Parade

“Uses of Water” by A.M. Juster; Kazuo Robinson reviews Ali Smith’s Gliff; Constellation of Genius: Miłosz, Camus, Einstein, and Weil by Cynthia L. Haven; five days of flames by Avedis Maljanian; How Should Catholics Respond to the Immigration Crisis?

The Lessons of Fr. Paul Mankowski; Oíche na Gaoithe Móire; A Crisis of Seriousness by Jon Bishop; Catholic Culture Podcast with Susannah Black Roberts; Jordan Castro on Recovering from Heroin and Fiction; The Secret of Opera Revealed with Dana Gioia

New Verse Review and Ekstasis; Thomist Poets with Paige Parker; James Matthew Wilson review Jason Baxter’s Inferno; Raymond N. MacKenzie on Balzac; Daniel Pitt on Roger Scruton; A Shroud for Our Skeptical Times; Objects of Fascination by Peter Hitchens; The Pattern by The Reflection Box

A Deep Dive Into Contemporary Catholic Poetry with Ryan Wilson; The Lough Derg Podcast with Lanta Davis; Jeffrey Reimer: Images of the Invisible God; Jon Sweeney on Catechist Nicholas Black Elk in the Aftermath of the European Invasion; Thomist Poets Reading Series with Paige Parker; S. P. Cooper on King Arthur’s Youth: Growing Up in the Once and Future King

Uncommon Grace: The Life of Flannery O’Connor; James Matthew Wilson on “Most of the Prodigies…”; Nimrod Journal Writing Contest; The Mystery of Consciousness: Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s Keynote at Kinross House; Patrick Kurp on the Underappreciated Jane Greer: ‘Be Able to Call It a Poem’

Andy Fowler: The Best & Worst Movies I Watched in 2024; Anthony Domestico: The Best Books of 2024; Our Lady of Emptiness by Matthew J. Milliner; How to Give a Real Gift by Tara Isabella Burton; Manifesto! A Podcast

While All the Earth in Darkness Sleeps; The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians; Out of the Vortex; The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction; Black Elk's Gift of Healing; T.S. Eliot and Abraham Lincoln: Christian Humanists

CATHEDRALS OF SOUND: Behind the Scenes on the Making of Fiat Lux

The Color of Dust: Beauty Matters with Jason Baxter; Sr. Carino Hodder: Of Dragons and Other Creatures; 30 Years of the Vatican Film List; A Voice from Deep Space; Thomist Poets Reading Series

Denise Trull on The Inestimable Value of Genuine Praise; Madison Notes Podcast with Julia Yost; Grace Hamman on Sister Penelope in Expectation; Advent Carol Service: St John’s College Cambridge 1981 (George Guest); Dana Gioia on why Words Matter

Clare Coffey: Skip the Cocktails This Thanksgiving; Steven Knepper: When Wonder Strikes: William Desmond's Metaphysics of Excess'; Manifesto! A Podcast: Is America Ready for a Religious Revival?; The Bobbie Sandwich ; Tongues of Men and Angels: Jazz, Sacred Music, & Creative Collaboration with J. J. Wright & Dana Gioia; Ryan Ruby on Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

“Arraignments” by A.M. Juster; Paul Kingsnorth: “Against Christian Civilization”; Tyson Duffy on Reclaiming Ted Hughes; Book gifts for kids for this Christmas season from Dixie Dillon Lane; ‘Bonhoeffer’ Bears Little Resemblance to Reality; Mark Bauerlein: Science Says God is Real; The Really Real and the Liturgy

Scratching Up the Sky by Ryan Daffurn; Joshua Hren reviews Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham; Alexander Raikin on A Pattern of Noncompliance; David K. Anderson on John Donne’s Devotions; Malcolm Guite on T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets; “Apophatic” by Amit Majmudar in First Things; LuElla D’Amico on Love and Marriage in the Age of Austen