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Arts & CultureBooks
James M. Chesbro
72 percent of students and 87 percent of teachers in Catholic schools are white. They need to be reading and teaching more Black literature.
Photo: Netflix
Arts & CultureTelevision
Mike Seay
I was caught off guard by the show’s artistic experimentation, nuanced spiritual message and deeply moving season finale.
Flannery O’Connor and her peacocks (photo: Joe McTyre)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
“Flannery” is an apologia for O’Connor but, like any good defense, it takes the position that she doesn’t need one.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Natasha Sajé
they last seconds then dissipate like apologies
Mark Rylance, far left, played Thomas Cromwell in the BBC production of “Wolf Hall” (2015). Paul Scofield, near left, won an Oscar for his portrayal of St. Thomas More in “A Man for All Seasons” (1966). (photo credit - Masterpiece/Alamy)
Arts & CultureBooks
John Anderson
Mantel’s portrait of More is of a self-serving whiner with a death wish. But what must always be remembered is that she is creating fiction.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Elena Croitoru
I worried his soul had been out for too long.