The Dispatch
Capiz Paról
“. . .and the night spreads a new light that no darkness can obscure, and perennial faith shines forth.” – St. Ambrose From the window it beckons: Come! Come, you who dwell in shadows. Come, […]
Articles by Ann Applegarth
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Rediscovering the novels of Bruce Marshall
Like a frosty glass of lemonade, iced tea, or beer on a sultry summer afternoon, Bruce Marshall’s perfect little novel The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith delights, pleases, relaxes, and satisfies. Yet there’s more, […]
Books
The Fiction of Robert Hugh Benson
Both Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI (when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger) have encouraged Catholics to read Lord of the World, Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson’s 1907 novel that eerily predicted the state of the […]
Books
Ten Tales of a World on the Edge
Kaye Park Hinckley’s Birds of a Feather, her first collection of short fiction, is a book of 10 stories about people who could be the everyday folks you know in your family, in your town, […]
General
Satire and education in the “Land of Enchantment”
The Education of Héctor Villa A novel by Chilton Williamson, Jr. Chronicles Press (Rockford, IL), 2012. 208 pages. Toss out your glitzy tourist-bureau guide to New Mexico, the “Land of Enchantment.” You’ll have a lot […]
Books
A Poet Reflects on Our Times
When Dana Gioia (pronounced JOY-uh) was appointed Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at the University of Southern California, the position he now holds, David St. John of USC described his new colleague […]