Book presentation: Lorenzo Albacete’s The Relevance of the Stars, sponsored by New York Encounter 2021.
Q&A about Publishing, Creative Writing, and related subjects! From the Festival of Friendship put on by my friends at Revolution of Tenderness.
The Erasmus Option, a talk I gave at Eastern University.
A short presentation on the arts and education (how tradition and innovation relate to each other).
An interview about Frederick Buechner, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Beauty Will Save the World, a Q&A with Anthony D’Ambrosio of Catholic Creatives.
Spurred by the Promise of Happiness: An Onstage interview with Christian Wiman
New York Encounter, January 2016
Talks & Lectures
Christian Humanism and the Vocation of the Artist
The Walter and Darlene Hansen Lecture, Gordon College, 2015
The Cave and the Cathedral: Meaning-Making in the Dark
Circe Institute Conference, A Contemplation of Creation, 2012
The Cave and the Cathedral
This version given at the Center for Faith & Work, New York, 2016
Beauty: The Cinderella of the Transcendentals
Circe Institute Conference, 2015
Shouts of Whispers: A Journey Through Catholic Letters Today
The Cardinal Newman Lecture, 2014, Loyola University, Chicago, 2014
The Poor, Education, and the Arts
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology Convocation, 2015
Conservatism and the Arts: A Lover’s Quarrel
Hillsdale College, Distinguished Alumnus Award Lecture, 2014
Ray Bradbury Lives Forever: Faith in the Stories of Ray Bradbury
Everett Community College, 2015
Why T.V. Has Fallen in Love with Literature
Everett Community College, 2013
Modernism Undone: T.S. Eliot’s Literary Revolution
Everett Community College, 2012