Literature

Through the Forest

Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival will reboot for its 20th anniversary Paul Rathburn, a beloved Notre Dame English professor who died in February, retired from teaching in 2000 only...

Kylemore Book Club: Literature & Film in Lockdown

Kylemore Abbey Global Centre, campus partners announce new program on literary works and films during pandemics

The Kylemore Abbey Global Centre, along with six partners from across the University of Notre Dame campus, has launched the Kylemore Book Club, an open, multimedia, educational...

Books and Literature

Professor Meghan Sullivan on Plato’s Republic

Professor Meghan Sullivan she speaks about Plato’s Republic (ca. 375 BC), as part of “The Book That Changed My Life” series from the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture....

On Movies (and Golden Tickets)

Shea Serrano is a staff writer for the sports and pop culture website The Ringer and the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including Basketball (And Other...

Professor and Poet James Matthew Wilson on the Importance of Writing

James Matthew Wilson is a poet and associate professor in religion and literature in the department of Humanities and Augustinian Tradions at Villanova University. In this...

Dale Ahlquist on G. K. Chesterton

Dale Ahlquist is an author and president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. We chat about Chesterton’s 1930 visit to Notre Dame, the newly-acquired Chesterton...

Arthur Brooks on Loving Your Enemies

In this episode, we sit down with Arthur Brooks, the former president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save...

On Incredible Women and a Story Too Good to Pass Up—Ann Little, Colorado State University

Ann Little is a professor of history at Colorado State University who specializes in the history of women, gender, and sexuality, with a focus on early North America. She is the...

On Exile, Literature, and Feeling Small Before the Page—Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Author

For our season 3 premiere, we talked with author Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, an associate professor of English at Notre Dame and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for...

Literature and the Imagination with Reverend Dr. Daniel McClain

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Reverend Dr. Daniel McClain to discuss the role of literature in forming the imagination, especially for children. Reverend...