Dear, Strange Things
Gina Dalfonzo, Amy MantravadiA journey through the TBR pile
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Book Review: America's Founding Son
America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick by Bob Crawford (Zando, 2026).
Before I get to the book review, an announcement!
My new book, The Screen and the Mirror: What Movies Show Us about Ourselves,...
Book Reviews: Why I Am Protestant; Why I Am Roman Catholic
Why I Am Protestant by Beth Felker Jones (IVP Academic, 2025).
Why I Am Roman Catholic by Matthew Levering (IVP Academic, 2024).
Many years before I was born, my Catholic Great-Grandma Antoinette discovered that her brothers had converte...
Book Review: Yesteryear
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf, 2026).
Even though it’s a massive bestseller, many readers and reviewers whom I like and respect strongly disliked Caro Claire Burke’s new novel, Yesteryear. So although the subject matter sounded i...
An Interview with Amy Mantravadi about "Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation
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Book Review: The Calamity Club
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau, 2026).
(Hey everyone, please make sure to read all the way to the end of this one—there are two notes I want to make sure you all see.)
It’s been 17 years since Kathryn Stockett...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Author of "The Screen and the Mirror," "Dorothy and Jack," and "One by One." Editor of "The Gospel in Dickens." Lover of books.
Pilgrim seeking the beatific vision. Writer of essays, novels, book reviews. Contributor at Mere Orthodoxy, Mockingbird, 1517, and elsewhere. Researching the English Reformation. Servant of the Secret Fire. \ud83d\udd25
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