Writer. Father. Displaced Virginian. Managing Editor @ndmagazine. Voted the world's most inattentive human being by those who know him best.
Joined October 2009
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29 Jul 2025
@NotreDame's School of Architecture @NDArch is making a valuable contribution to #historicpreservation. From South Bend to Sardinia, Atlanta, Georgia, to Lamu, Kenya. Read it in @ndmagazine. @SavingPlaces @IndianaLandmark
Drawing on the Past magazine.nd.edu/stories/draw…
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30 Apr 2025
No, thanks to Carla for her splendid visitation with the great Shusaku Endo. And now I have another bloody book to add to my already impossible reading list.
23 Apr 2025
Thanks @ndmagazine and @johncnagy!
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2 Apr 2025
One of the most remarkable people I've ever written about in @ndmagazine or anywhere is also someone I won't meet this side of heaven.
The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-…
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15 Oct 2024
Call this a manifesto and, given the right time and place, I may smack you. It's more a cry for sanity (aka solidarity) from the bloody mary and eggs benedict 1980s and the core of my political heart. @AmSolidarity
Restoring Faith in the System magazine.nd.edu/stories/rest…
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28 Jun 2024
When she danced, Raffaella Stroik connected with people. It was a form of prayer for her. She felt joy and love she wanted to share.
Her too-short life inspired a rare new, original ballet in her memory that premiers in South Bend this weekend: go.nd.edu/87be2a
ALT A ballet dancer in a white tutu performs on stage, gracefully posing with one leg lifted and pointed, arms elegantly extended. The backdrop depicts a snowy, forest-like scene, enhancing the wintry ambiance of the performance.
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28 Jun 2024
'Beauty Will Save the World': Watch a new video about the inspiration and preparation for a new, original ballet in memory of Raffaella Stroik. magazine.nd.edu/stories/beau…
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26 Jun 2024
This weekend, at South Bend's Morris Performing Arts Center, the world will receive a gift from the hearts of two loving parents, the likes of which we haven't seen in a very long time: a brand new, full-length fairytale ballet. @MorrisPAC @raffaellaballet My story:
26 Jun 2024
A dancer whose too-short life was a prayer to share the beauty of her art performs something of a healing miracle in death: inspiring a rare new, original ballet in her memory: magazine.nd.edu/stories/raff…
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7 Jun 2024
This impossible dream _should_ become real down the street from my house. It won't, but maybe there are some ideas here for your urban neighborhood parish? Ya gotta believe. . . .
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7 Jun 2024
This will be excellent.
Call for Papers: We are accepting proposals for "Ever Ancient, Ever New: On Catholic Imagination," the 24th Annual Notre Dame Fall Conference (Oct 31–Nov 2), in partnership with with the Biennial Catholic Imagination Conference. Learn more: ethicscenter.nd.edu/programs…
ALT Podium with the seal of the University of Notre Dame
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6 May 2024
Two of my heroes. I love how Groucho interviews Ray as if he's just another face in the crowd.
Groucho: "You're a real successful writer."
Bradbury: <blush>
Groucho Marx e Ray Bradbury (May 24, 1956) sub ita youtu.be/lPv9vu505Mg?si=iY8E… via @YouTube
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3 May 2024
Another gewgaw (worth reading) for your digital shame closet:
Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opini…
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1 May 2024
Your daily dose of reality has arrived:
"Everything we have we got from God. What God wants in return is that we love our blessed, saintly mother and get along with our brothers and sisters."
Piety and Virtue thecatholicthing.org/2024/04… via @CatholicThing
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27 Mar 2024
Never mind it's March. The summer game starts tomorrow. Baseball writer @JohnRosengren has a few good @NDbaseball X @MLB stories to get you ready for #OpeningDay.
Starting Lineup magazine.nd.edu/stories/star…
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Today is the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita! We celebrate the life, trials and tribulations of this blessed woman. canossiansisters.org/st-jose…
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31 Jan 2024
"Scorsese has examined how our tangled compromises with evil might yet be overcome by God’s mercy." @NotreDame historian and @ndirishstudies director Patrick Griffin contemplates @MartyScorsese69 as theologian in The Irishman and the rest of his oeuvre.
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8 Dec 2016
Exclusive: Martin Scorsese discusses his faith, his struggles, his films and "Silence" with @JamesMartinSJ
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14 Dec 2023
In January I am finally publishing Flannery O'Connor's unfinished novel. If you're interested in reviewing the book or having me on your podcast, let me know. My publicists are scheduling things now! I want this book to succeed, for Flannery.
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2 Dec 2023
Divine Inspiration magazine.nd.edu/stories/divi…
The museum opened tonight. Go check this out.
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2 Nov 2023
This article is written in the past tense, but, in fact, there is still time to join us at Notre Dame this weekend, as we celebrate the ongoing joy of the MFA in creative writing at @stthomashouston with our third annual panel.
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3 Nov 2023
We'd love to visit with you if you're in the @ND_EthicsCenter neighborhood!
We're happy to have @WisebloodBooks with us at #personsND23! Visit them in the exhibitors' room in McKenna Hall 205/206/207 to check out their offerings and get a signed book!
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