'A Watchful Man,' biography of Paul Robeson by Jordan Goodman

What better way to introduce our readers to more black Catholic writers than to ask a selection of black Catholic intellectuals to tell us about their favorite books by their fellow writers?

'I've Got You Under My Skin,' by Mary Higgins Clark

'Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot,' by Masha Gessen

'Jesus: A Pilgrimage,' by James Martin, S.J.

This spring I attended a dramatic reading of the 1928 novel “Mr. Blue,” written by Myles Connolly. The book was required reading when I was in high school, and the staged reading was directed by a longtime Jesuit friend of mine, the multitalented George Drance, S.J., so I was eager to at