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.’

In 1960, novelist and literary critic Doris Grumbach reflected on the art—and science—of book reviewing, including Catholic books.

Sometimes you have to leave home to find home. That’s the paradox of the immigrant experience, portrayed beautifully in “Brooklyn.”

Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the film.

Martin Scorsese is leading one of the most elaborate projects devoted to the saints in recent memory. “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” streams on Fox Nation.

if you go to Mass, you hear the near-perfect opening line in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God