Maryanne Hannan

Maryanne Hannan

A poet and frequent book reviewer, Maryanne Hannan is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.  She lives in upstate New York and is the author of Rocking like It’s All Intermezzo: 21st Century Psalm Responsorials (Wipf and Stock, 2019). More information at www.mhannan.com.

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This is a scene from "Into Great Silence," a documentary by filmmaker Philip Groning about monks at a Carthusian monastery in the French Alps. (CNS/courtesy of Zeitgeist Films)

New book combines reading with cinema for a highly spiritual experience

In A Whole Life in Twelve Movies, authors Kathleen Norris and Gareth Higgins seed fruitful conversation and fulfill the human need for "art that's steeped in the mystery of life."

Pope Francis prays during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 29. (CNS/Vatican Media)

New book takes readers 'On Retreat With Pope Francis'

Book review: In First Belong to God: On Retreat With Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh offers a retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and delivering a compelling summary of Pope Francis' theology.

Jon Ward (Courtesy of www.jonwardwrites.org/Lawrence Jackson)

A book that peers 'inside the evangelical movement that failed a generation'

How — and why — did American Christianity embrace the politics and the person of the 45th President of the United States? Jon Ward's Testimony is a carefully documented personal account to consult for answers.

Pen writing words (Dreamstime/Olgers1)

Diverse Christian poets supply National Poetry Month reading for questing spirits

Book review: The recently released anthology Christian Poetry in America Since 1940 compiles the work of 35 poets to read during National Poetry Month.

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