EDITED BY KAREN L. GARST PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2018 224 PP.; $16.95 With a bold title like Women v. Religion: The Case against Faith—and for Freedom, Karen L. Garst once again provides an opportunity for women... Read More

BOOK BY MARILYNNE ROBINSON FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, 2018 336PP.; $27.00 I’ve heard it said that Marilynne Robinson is every atheist’s favorite Christian, and with What Are We Doing Here?—a recently released collection of essays—it’s... Read More

April is National Poetry Month, established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to keep the love of poetry alive. In the April 15 New York Times magazine the poet laureate of the United States, Tracy K.... Read More

po·et·ry noun Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. April is National Poetry Month, established by the Academy of... Read More

Wild, Wild County, the six-part Netflix documentary series, is much like its main character, Ma Anand Sheela: dark, complicated, multi-layered, and mysterious. On one level, the documentary is a story about a crazy criminal cult... Read More

po·et·ry ˈpōətrē/ noun Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. April is National Poetry Month, established by the Academy... Read More

Ready Player One suffers from the same flaws as the eponymous novel it's based on (written by Ernest Cline)—awful dialogue, lifeless characters, and the dubious assumption that trivia is culture. The Steven Spielberg film also... Read More