Several folks have written off and offline to ask for my self-described (from the previous post) “l-o-n-g” Catholic fiction reading list. I’m organizing that as we speak, and will post it anon.

In the meantime, bop over to the National Catholic Register online to read Tim Drake’s article Catholic Literary Revival?. It was a huge thrill [...]

James Martin, S.J., associate editor of America magazine, has a good little article on how to start a Catholic book club or reading group.
Though I don’t belong to a Catholic book group yet—I admit, this is giving me ideas, however—Rachel and I have been members of a mythopoeic book group for some time that meets [...]

Up now on GodSpy is our very own Johnny-O’s gorgeous reflection on the films of Terence Malick.

Pretty sweet deal there, Jer.

Ever since seeing his marvelously crusty-but-lovable U.S. Marshall Gerard in The Fugitive, I’ve had a special fondness for Tommy Lee Jones. Now I think I’m in love. I mean, I knew the guy went to Harvard—don’t let that aw shucks Texas bluffoonery fool you—but it turns out he did his thesis on—gasp!—the crusty-but-lovable Flannery O’Connor. [...]