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David Foster Wallace gave a reading for Booksmith at All Saints Church in 2006 (Wikimedia commons).
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Michael O’Connell
Twenty years ago, David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most widely shared and admired graduation speeches of all time. It still rewards close analysis.
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Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
Pope Francis trusted the imagination and regarded it as a gift from God. Instead of being suspicious and fearful of its power, he urged artists to follow its promptings.
The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris is seen on Dec. 7, 2024, ahead of its official reopening ceremony after more than five years of reconstruction work (OSV News photo/Ludovic Marin/Reuters).
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Jason M. Baxter
If the burning of Notre-Dame was a fitting symbol for the de-Christianization of France, could the restoration of Notre-Dame be a hopeful omen?
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Aaron Bracy
In 2004, the St. Joseph's University men's basketball team made a long run in the N.C.A.A. tournament, falling just short of the Final Four. This excerpt from Aaron Bracy’s 'A Soaring Season' tells part of that thrilling story.
Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Eve Tushnet
Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.
‘Pieta (after Delacroix),’ by Vincent van Gogh (1889)
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Marie Glancy O’Shea
Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.