The Immanent Grace of Flannery O’Connor
O’Connor posits a universe in which we are mostly fallen but not lost to the possibility of salvation.
Impossible Loves, Then and Now
by
Andrew Stark
Posted on March 11, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Jorm Sangsorn, iStock.
Those of us who remain tethered to reality do not require our lovers to pretend to be a succession of role-playing fantasy lovers.
Beyond Elon
Posted on March 4, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Anastasia Iunosheva/iStock.
The culture at large has overrated Smart.
The New Yorker and the American Voice
by
Ed Simon
Posted on February 24, 2025
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration; Eustace Tilley by Rea Irvin.
The New Yorker is responsible for the twentieth-century’s American high-brow voice.
All the Distant Mirrors
Compartmentalization is better than the production of work that is half-hearted.
Live from New York!
SNL’s contemporary standing as an established institution has somewhat obscures its initial trailblazing daring.
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