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1. 

   What I’m Reading: Beartown, Fredrik Backman

   Brigid Iannelli

   April 14, 2026

2. 

   The Western Canon

   Kerry Temple ’74

   Spring 2026

3. 

   Living History

   Jason Kelly ’95

   Spring 2026

4. 

   Creative Freedom

   Eugene Halton

   Spring 2026

5. 

   The Mischiefs of Faction

   Robert Schmuhl ’70

   Spring 2026

6. 

   Side-Eyeing My E-Reader

   David McGrath

   Spring 2026

7. 

   The Revolution in Question

   Katlyn Marie Carter

   Spring 2026

8. 

   Notre Dame’s Service to the Nation

   Notre Dame Magazine

   Spring 2026

9. 

   The Language of the Soul

   Hope Joseph Okolie

   Spring 2026

10. 

    A Patient Listener

    Erin Buckley ’08

    Spring 2026

11. 

    Our Fraying Social Fabric

    Anthony Walton ’82

    Spring 2026

12. 

    Heaven Shrugged

    Kerith Mickelson ’91

    Spring 2026

13. 

    Church and State

    Richard W. Garnett

    Spring 2026

14. 

    Changing the Equation

    Abigail Pesta '91

    Spring 2026

15. 

    Carrying a Torch

    John Nagy ’00M.A.

    Spring 2026

16. 

    The Only Thing

    Jason Kelly ’95

    Spring 2026

17. 

    Praying for Fire

    Emily Dagostino ’02

    Spring 2026

18. 

    Shocks to the System

    Valerie Sayers

    Spring 2026

19. 

    The Hole in the Sky

    Brian McMahon ’68

    Spring 2026

20. 

    I Swallowed the Moon

    Kathryn O’Callaghan

    February 17, 2026

21. 

    Do We Part

    Trini Bui ’16, MEd’18

    February 13, 2026

22. 

    What I’m Reading: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black, Kevin Fenton

    James McKenzie ’71Ph.D.

    February 02, 2026

23. 

    My Peaceful Day

    Kerry Temple ’74

    January 29, 2026

24. 

    What I’m Reading: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, Anonymous

    Megan Koreman ’86

    January 15, 2026

25. 

    Fergus and the Phoenicians

    John Duffy

    Winter 2025-26

26. 

    Who Has Two Thumbs and Still Hitchhikes? This Guy.

    Mark Dickinson ’87

    Winter 2025-26

27. How Meaning Found Me

    Douglas Curran ’00MFA

    Winter 2025-26

28. 

    Selective Memory

    James McKenzie ’71Ph.D.

    Winter 2025-26

29. 

    Waffle Makers

    Erin Buckley ’08

    Winter 2025-26

30. 

    Goodness Gracious

    Mel Livatino

    Winter 2025-26