Poetry
Horoscope for My Dying Father Shortly, you’ll wake into the room you woke to over half your life. The light will inch across the ceiling until it meets the wall. The sheets will seem softer than you remember. Your …
The Modern Novel: A Catholic Point of View By Sean O'Faolain …
… The House Where Stevens Died If I could remember birth like a kneecap popped during … The House Where Stevens Died …
Criticism
… that has preoccupied feature storytelling: When it comes to images of violence and brutality, what needs to be … assault and drug abuse” and “is intended for mature audiences,” Yorkey sold his viewers short on sophistication. … image. An image, even of the most lamentable events, should also give hope. Even the most horrifying stories can be told …
… a while perhaps: “Nervous?” For the rest of us it had become a matter not so much of pride as of simple stubbornness … some remark about the incidents, was apt as well to take up comments others made about his driving. We were pretty … transportation. Even driving around without specific goals, there was at least the possibility of coming upon one. …
Criticism
… Week’s Highlights: “I Award You No Points” Read In Tablet, VQR contributor Adam Kirsch … “War Dances,” the titular story from Sherman Alexie’s forthcoming book. Funny, humane, sad, structurally interesting, … in her country during World War II, and her work brings audience members and a judge to tears. The words at the end of …