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A quarterly of ideas, arts, and faith. In partnership with @Collegium_Penn.

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An older, but timely post: Seven Books for Autumn. What are you favorite autumn books? dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Seven Books for Autumn — Dappled Things

Seven Books for Autumn — Dappled Things

"This summary autumn fell without a tear"

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Today's your last day to sign up for @Collegium_Penn's Culture Global Catholic Literature program. See more at the link: collegiuminstitute.org/calen…
Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature from Longfellow and Hawthorne to...

Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature from Longfellow and Hawthorne to...

Join us for the Fall 2026 season of our virtual Global Catholic Literature series.

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Thursday Oct 1 is the last day to register for @Collegium_Penn Global Catholic Literature Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature. More info available at the link: eventbrite.com/e/get-thee-to…
Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature

Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature

Join Collegium Institute and Dappled Things for the Fall 2026 season of Global Catholic Literature.

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Our very own Eric Cyr chatted with Shemaiah Gonzalez about his new collection of short stories and more. You can read the interview over at her Substack. shemaiahgonzalez.substack.co…
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"I don’t want to turn this into a lecture because it’s not in a lecture that I discovered how much I loved poetry." Read more from MIchael Ortiz: dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Poetry Is the Language of Faith — Dappled Things

Poetry Is the Language of Faith — Dappled Things

The veiled nature of faith requires a metaphoric, symphonic language

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Wendell Berry was a formative influence on so many of us in the Dappled Things family. Our prayers are with his family and friends. Patrick Deneen has written a touching essay on Berry: "How Wendell Berry Saved my Life: unherd.com/2026/09/how-wende…
How Wendell Berry saved my life

How Wendell Berry saved my life

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Some Friday Links for the lunchtime crowd: dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
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"The relationship between authors and their literary creations is often fraught. " Our archives are full of treasure, including this gem from Fr. Frank Pusateri: dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Detective Stories and the Incarnation — Dappled Things

Detective Stories and the Incarnation — Dappled Things

The relationship between authors and their literary creations is often fraught. Yet it is precisely this relationship which is used as an analogy to describe God’s relationship to the human race.

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Some friday Links for the lunchtime crowd with @StevenEKnepper @newcriterion @BorisDralyuk & more dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
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Our friends @Collegium_Penn have a wonderful lineup of events for Fall, including: Get Thee To a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature. You can read more and register at the link: collegiuminstitute.org/calen…
Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature from Longfellow and Hawthorne to...

Get Thee to a Nunnery: Women Religious in American Literature from Longfellow and Hawthorne to...

Join us for the Fall 2026 season of our virtual Global Catholic Literature series.

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Some Friday Links with @PodManifesto @commentmag @tedgioia & Ryan Wilson dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
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The effect that great writing should have is to allow you to go right through the author’s work, straight to the other side, the place where ideas and images sit. With Kerouac, the density is so great, the juggling simply so impressive...from @pauljpastor essay on Kerouac
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Juggling Jack Kerouac: Attention and the Writer’s Gaze — Dappled Things

Juggling Jack Kerouac: Attention and the Writer’s Gaze — Dappled Things

[B]urn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars… —Jack Kerouac, On The Road If you have ever tried to juggle, perhaps with those red Klutz Book fabric...

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Some Friday Links for the lunchtime crowd with @StevenEKnepper @newversereview @JMWSPT @shemaiahng @WindhoverMag @ae_stallings & more dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Friday Links — Dappled Things

Friday Links — Dappled Things

The purpose of poetry is to tell us about life; The Poetry of Independence; Showdowns and shootouts; 2026 National Book Festival; The Writing Life: Cultivating Creative Habits; The Windhover Writers'...

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Reupping this from last year with some updates, in memory of @NorthDakotaJane (a day late, which I think Jane would appreciate!) dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Friday Links — Dappled Things

Friday Links — Dappled Things

In memory of Jane Greer

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Some Friday Links on Monday because I was sick all weekend...Tessa Carmen, Susan Spear @firstthingsmag @mereorthodoxy @cmnelson71 & more dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Friday Links — Dappled Things

Friday Links — Dappled Things

July 17, 2026

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Have you had a chance to read: A Pair of Walkers in Brooklyn by Christopher Mari yet? dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
A Pair of Walkers In Brooklyn — Dappled Things

A Pair of Walkers In Brooklyn — Dappled Things

Author Christopher Mari takes a walk in Brooklyn

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Some Friday Links on Tuesday! dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Friday Links — Dappled Things

Friday Links — Dappled Things

A Year of Sonnets in the Key of Kees; On Discovering a New Weldon Kees Sonnet; No Country for Nihilism; Leo’s Augustinian Encyclical

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Some Friday Links on Monday morning! The Declaration at 250; Jane Kenyon & Acceptance; Leave Them Wanting: The Art of the Line Ending; Reading Moby Dick; Systemic Problems Can Have Individual Solutions: A Review of Freya India’s GIRLS® dappledthings.org/deep-down-…

Friday Links — Dappled Things

The Declaration at 250; Jane Kenyon & Acceptance; Leave Them Wanting: The Art of the Line Ending; Reading Moby Dick; Systemic Problems Can Have Individual Solutions: A Review of Freya India’s GIRLS®

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Some Friday links for the afternoon crowd with @amjuster @paracletepress & more dappledthings.org/deep-down-…
Friday Links — Dappled Things

Friday Links — Dappled Things

The View from Childhood book launch - a conversation with author, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell and Steve Knepper; The Whale-Road: On the kenning, the oldest naming-game we still play; Poetry Reading and...

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