Good news, poetry fans! I have an unprecedented second review of Jane Clark Scharl's Ponds, this time from a Christian/historical angle, also published today, at Catholic World Report:
catholicworldreport.com/2024/04/21/rev…

Had been meaning to purchase Jane Clark Scharl 's most recent collection but this great review reminded me to pull the trigger. Arriving Wednesday.

I don't know if I can take another Michigan winter. No exaggeration, here—I really am at my limit.

Time to start looking to Florida.

Friends, if you pray, pray for me now.

Please do read and share my The European Conservative review of Jane Clark Scharl's PONDS:
europeanconservative.com/articles/revie…

To-day in The European Conservative, Anthony Kennedy has a fine review of Peter Kwasniewski’s Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good—a book which is at the top of my my summer reading list.
europeanconservative.com/articles/revie…

With D. N. Keane, I to-day recorded our final Critical Readings episode on Antony and Cleopatra. What a brilliant experience it has been reading the play with someone who appreciates it as he does. Proof (if it were needed) that literature is best taught by those who love it!

Something to celebrate …

My latest in The European Conservative, on learning to love opera. May it be of benefit!
europeanconservative.com/articles/essay…

Antony triumphant, Antony defeated, Antony falls on his sword—all in this week's episode!

Mozart's Don Giovanni in the Staatsoper in Vienna. A work of art about final values.

Hillsdale College, a small but nationally well-known college in Michigan, saw 30 conversions to Catholicism this year.

Image: St Antony’s Catholic Church of Hillsdale

In your mercy, prayers please for a family tragedy.

Today we had our last class of the semester at Thales College, finishing Lewis' The Abolition of Man.

I could hardly finish the book, for the 20-30 probing questions my students asked me, about living largely in a post-abolition society -- a society wherein propaganda has

Walking while openly Jewish.

End-of-life poem by John Clare:

Wow. We have to get rid of this thing stat. They're not even hiding it anymore.

'Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds' officially launches April 29th. You can order simply by clicking on this link.

Blessed are the merciful who retweet and help my fourth full-length collection bring rhyme, meter, and the sacred back into poetry.
wordonfire.org/birds

It's been hard to be mum about this. Preorder and I'll compose a lune to match your vibe.

Also, a bunch of her former aides now work for and lobby for TikTok. Utterly corrupt.