Deep Down Things
Nicodemus, Doug Weaver
Pentecost 2012 issue.
December 24: Happy Birthday Dana Gioia
Dana Gioia, distinguished poet, critic, cultural observer, and Catholic, was born Christmas Eve in 1950. In the midst of an extraordinary career in which he has achieved widespread recognition and active sales of his poetry collections, a rare achievement for living poets, he continues to work towards another kind of success—seeking to bring not only poetry (which is much neglected these days) but also the work of fine Catholic writers back into the mainstream culture.
Friday Links, June 18, 2021
+ A novel of Caryll Houselander, mystic practitioner of the art of suffering well, to be republished soon
+ Raymond Chandler on captivating readers with emotion and well-placed adjectives, and other quotes from his letters
+ Simone Weil on what it takes to write about imaginative evil without causing evil
+ Rabbi Shalom Carmy on creativity and serving God
+ A review of The Five Wounds, which, according to Amazon, was “Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by Oprah Magazine, The Week, The Millions, and Electric Lit”
+ Joshua Hren writes about artful irony that “gives a damn.”
Friday Links, March 5, 2021
Writers on books, esp. classics, what art is for, &c
Friday Links, August 7, 2020
Around the world and on many topics.