Literature Archives

We keep on using the word “marriage,” but it no longer means what we think it means.

I never knew that American marriages had such a checkered history.

Claude and Austin discuss Walker Percy’s 1961 novel, The Moviegoer, and its attempt to find a new voice for truth for the time it was written.

Daniel Nayeri joines Jessica to talk about Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes.

Segaloff is in a unique position to bring all of this material together for people who cherish the original film not simply as a cinematic rite of passage for thrillseekers, but also as a genuine work of art.

Claude Atcho interviews S.D. Smith, who shares his perspective on Paton’s work having firsthand experience of life in South Africa.

The search — what is it and why does it matter? Claude and Austin tackle this important theme from Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer.

The open-minded liberal Protestantism of publisher Eugene Exman blinded him to significant aspects of the human experience.

C.S. Lewis’s adored classic now shares space with Barbie as part of the subgenre of portal fantasy.

This week’s Fruit of the Spirit is Love with medievalist, Grace Hamman discussing “Revelations of Divine Love” by Julian of Norwich.

Philip Yancey discusses the devotionals of John Donne with Jessica Hooten Wilson and how they relate to the spiritual fruit of patience.

Branagh’s Poirot is not just a detective solving crimes but a pilgrim navigating the labyrinth of the soul’s darker questions.

Shemiah Gonzales talks with Jessica about Christian Wiman’s Joy: 100 Poems and the constant debate on how to define “joy.”

The way so many of our best-known films are set up, the reminder of time passing is almost unfailingly ominous.

Andrew Peterson introduces The Wingfeather Saga’s Janner Igiby as another ordinary protagonist.

Now 250 years old, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral shows off Phillis Wheatley’s skill as a writer as well as her Christian faith.