August 18th, 2007
The Liguorian online has published an article by Brian Doyle called “Voices of Vision and Power: The Best U.S. Catholic Writers.” In it, Doyle briefly discusses the “Greats” of American Catholic literature that every Catholic writer should read, study and love.
At the top of the list, unsuprisingly, is the inimitable Bl. Flannery. Here’s a little [...]
August 10th, 2007
Thanks to Julianne Wiley for passing this very cool music video along. It really gives one a shot of hope.
August 6th, 2007
The always interesting Camille Paglia gave the Cornerstone Arts lecture at Colorado College in February 2007, and it has been reprinted online.
Here’s an appetizer:
I would argue that the route to a renaissance of the American ine arts lies through religion. Let me make my premises clear: I am a professed atheist and a pro-choice libertarian [...]
Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Kelly Hatzenbihler on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Rach on Nessun Dorma, As You’ve Never Heard it Before
Kathleen Lundquist on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
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Mary loomed large in that springtime of art and letters, the Renaissance; she was to have no less an influence on artists in the ‘Second Spring’.
— Calvert Alexander, SJ