Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Canadian poet and literary critic Kenneth Sherman asked himself what the response of literature to such traumatizing events should be. For guidance, he turned to writers who had... Read More

John Waterfield admits to two enduring passions: the works of Shakespeare and the Catholic faith. In his view, a close reading of the former reveals a corresponding adherence to the latter. Shakespeare, he contends, “is no less a... Read More

"The Lost Library" is a celebratory and poetic collection written for passionate readers by some of today’s emerging gay literati. In his own contribution, a reminiscence on Douglas Sadownick’s 1994 novel, Sacred Lips of the Bronx,... Read More

Umberto Eco is a world renowned medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, literary critic, and currently the president of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna. A frequent contributor to the popular press, Eco has... Read More