Culture Watch

Molly Marsh 7-01-2003

Words Made Flesh

Kimberly Burge 7-01-2003

Bob Dylan's songs are born again.

There's been a resurgence of entertaining protest - or, at least, protesting entertainers.

Quique Aviles 7-01-2003

At the Sojourners National Roundtable on Faith, Art, and Social Activism, Quique Avilés spoke about the role of the artist in bringing about a more just society.

Andrea Jeyaveeran 7-01-2003

You start to get an idea of how Wally Lamb, the editor of Couldn't Keep It to Myself, feels about the authors in his anthology of incarcerated female writers...

Judy Coode 7-01-2003

Justice-focused economists understand that the dominant world financial system is based on con- stant replenishment, and those who are unable for whatever reason to contribute

Jo Ann Heydron 7-01-2003

I avoid movies with car chases and wish more television heroes were not both handsome and single. In my reading, however, I tend to be more open-minded.

Demetria Martinez 7-01-2003

The New World, by George Evans. In times like these I savor poetry that is prophecy, that moves nimbly between denunciation and annunciation.

Peter Steinfels 7-01-2003

Is the Catholic Church heading toward irreversible decline or is it on the verge of transformation?

Julie Polter 5-01-2003
The movement needs a good mix tape.
Wendy Doniger 5-01-2003

The ability to laugh, we know, is vital. To do so in the midst of terror and anxiety is even more important.

Molly Marsh 5-01-2003

What to Bring?

Shawnda Hines Eibl 5-01-2003

Be careful when you opt to wander off the beaten path; what you come across might change your direction altogether.

The Mekons: Part of the chain of holy warriors.

Molly Marsh 5-01-2003

Nine polite, well-dressed men and women walked into the Catonsville, Maryland, draft board office May 17, 1968, tussled briefly with staff members there...

Richard Deats 5-01-2003

Jonathan Schell, author of such highly acclaimed books as The Fate of the Earth and The Gift of Time, has now written perhaps his most important work

Rose Marie Berger 5-01-2003

On Feb. 9, 2003, Orion magazine took out a full-page advertisement on page five of The New York Times.

It's hard to imagine a noteworthy book about the civil rights movement that doesn't include the powerful ingredients of religion and faith. 

Judy Coode 3-01-2003

It's likely that the Nazi genocide of European Jews (along with Gypsies, homosexuals, and others considered ethnically or socially deficient) is the most well-documented...

Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2003

Yesterday I got a call from a friend I hadn't spoken with in more than a year. "I have to tell someone this," she said.