When Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate arts and culture, the dividing walls crumble.
Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
Adam and Matt talk with Kathryn Reklis about shadows, duplicity, and Billy Wilder’s 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity.
On Damn, the hip-hop artist draws connections between guns, gangs, Wall Street corruption, and the 2016 election. It's a bold indictment of collective sin.
In praise of (imperfect) images
Depictions of Jesus reveal God—but never adequately.
Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, cranky nonfiction
Robinson's essays are sometimes tedious. Yet they provide glimpses of the capacious faith undergirding her novels.
We asked some of our favorite novelists and poets to tell us about three recent works of fiction that speak to them in a deep way.
Christian Wiman and the poetry of joy
In this anthology of poems selected by Wiman, joy comes in modest and unlikely guise.
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