Doris Grumbach was an accomplished novelist, literary critic, biographer and memoirist and an early pioneer for her books exploring L.G.B.T. themes. She was also a longtime book reviewer and essayist for ‘America.’

‘Lolita’ may have been canceled, but Vladimir Nabokov remains the godfather of modern prose.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, by James T. Keane

Much ink has been spilled over this presidential election—but not nearly as much as was used in a long history of presidential memoirs and biographies.

Few writers have ever captured in fiction the American religious sense that underlies so much of our history more than Willa Cather.

This year's World Series features two of baseball’s most iconic franchises, the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. That's only one of many interesting storylines.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, didn’t think much of bishops’ conferences. Among those who disagreed with the cardinal was Francis A. Sullivan, S.J.

Avery Dulles was widely respected across the Catholic theological spectrum for his scholarly acumen and even-handed, measured approach to complex doctrinal questions.

A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane

Greg Hillis, who died on the morning of Oct. 8, leaves behind a large and diverse community of family and friends all over the world. For so many of us, he was a true friend in the Lord.