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An Irony Full of Grace: John L’Heureux’s The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast

  • CJ Green
  • July 22, 2020
The horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
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In Defense of Sinead O’Connor

  • Eileen Toomey
  • March 1, 2018
“Remember Sinead?” I asked. My mom nodded her head and shrugged.
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Narrowly Avoiding the Spotlight

  • Michael McDermit
  • April 28, 2016
It took me nearly twenty years and the power of a fine film to fully realize what happened to me in the confessional was an inappropriate act by an adult against a child.
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Jesus and Blueberry Cobbler

  • Sean Towey
  • March 31, 2015
In Seattle, there were more white-boy Rastafarians from the suburbs than people lining up to become Jesuits. Normal was nowhere in sight.
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Masked Calling

  • Bryan Washington
  • January 14, 2015
Over at Vice, Eric Nusbaum chronicles the life of Padre Fray Tormenta, Texcoco’s resident addict turned priest turned interim luchador enmascarado: In theory, a priest wearing a lucha libre mask…
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The Priestly Writer

  • Mary Allen
  • April 28, 2014
I write for many of the same reasons that I wanted to become a priest. I want to bear witness to a sacramental vision. I want to admit my life…
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SPACE AVALANCHE: The Break-Up

  • Eoin Ryan
  • March 28, 2010
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The Rumpus Interview with Uwem Akpan

  • Grace Talusan
  • February 26, 2009
“After the phone call, I walked more than a mile to church to thank God. But on getting there, I couldn’t sit or kneel or pray, out of excitement.”
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