Jeff Reimer
@jreimr.bsky.social
Senior editor for Comment magazine. Writer. Former copyeditor of many books.
My review of the Flannery O'Connor biopic is out from behind the paywall today. Check it out! comment.org/the-peacocks...
The Peacock’s Tail
If Flannery O’Connor’s art shows us how persistently she turned her gaze in on herself, the new "Wildcat" film gives us the view from the other side—her struggle to reconcile herself to her state, to ...
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January 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My review of the Flannery O'Connor biopic is out from behind the paywall today. Check it out! comment.org/the-peacocks...
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In March I saw a truly exciting performance of Handel's Messiah—it did many things I hadn't seen before, but its chief innovation was to take the libretto seriously. I talked with its conductor, the brilliant John Trotter, and our conversation is now here for you: comment.org/the-messiah-...
The Messiah Project
A new production of Handel's Messiah breathes new life into one of the hoariest works in the canon.
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December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
In March I saw a truly exciting performance of Handel's Messiah—it did many things I hadn't seen before, but its chief innovation was to take the libretto seriously. I talked with its conductor, the brilliant John Trotter, and our conversation is now here for you: comment.org/the-messiah-...
I wrote an essay about Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks books and strong families and reading out loud together and crying uncontrollably in front of my children. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...
The Penderwick Family Honor
Jeff Reimer on how Jeannie Birdsall’s Penderwick novels probe the tension between happiness and loss.
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May 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I wrote an essay about Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks books and strong families and reading out loud together and crying uncontrollably in front of my children. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...
I wrote in Commonweal’s March issue about looking at the Sistine Chapel, looking at art, and ultimately looking at God.
It’s a review of Jeannie Marshall’s book All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel.
It’s a review of Jeannie Marshall’s book All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel.
Seeing the Sistine Chapel
There are two difficulties with writing about Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. One is saying anything fresh about them. The other is seeing them at all.
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February 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I wrote in Commonweal’s March issue about looking at the Sistine Chapel, looking at art, and ultimately looking at God.
It’s a review of Jeannie Marshall’s book All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel.
It’s a review of Jeannie Marshall’s book All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel.
Reposted by Jeff Reimer
Wrote about John McPhee, Hartmut Rosa, and Paul Griffiths comment.org/control-thre...
Control Three Ways
Is control of the world inherently violent? How do we virtuously engage with nature without exploiting it?
comment.org
February 1, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Wrote about John McPhee, Hartmut Rosa, and Paul Griffiths comment.org/control-thre...
Just FYI I have solved the problem of church division. You too can learn how not to be a schismatic by taking the short multiple-choice quiz at the beginning of my essay (and then read on to find out how it all falls apart).
How Not to Be a Schismatic
How does a Christian choose where to land in our broken ecclesial landscape?
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January 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Just FYI I have solved the problem of church division. You too can learn how not to be a schismatic by taking the short multiple-choice quiz at the beginning of my essay (and then read on to find out how it all falls apart).
Can attest that in addition to the great them and the great movie, it's a great essay.
I wrote a little about the great New Year’s Eve movie Holiday, and its great theme: comment.org/auld-acquain...
Auld Acquaintance
The 1938 film Holiday starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, a romantic comedy, hides some surprisingly bittersweet insights about the nature of friendship.
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December 28, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Can attest that in addition to the great them and the great movie, it's a great essay.
I reviewed Richard Ford's latest Frank Bascombe novel, Be Mine, for Fare Forward.
Be Mine – Fare Forward
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December 20, 2023 at 7:43 PM
I reviewed Richard Ford's latest Frank Bascombe novel, Be Mine, for Fare Forward.
I reviewed Peter Brown's "Journeys of the Mind" for @thebulwark.bsky.social. I liked it a lot and tried to explain why I think it's more than just an academic memoir. Thanks to @martynwendell.bsky.social for his excellent editorial work.
A Great Historian’s Inner History
Peter Brown’s remarkable memoir attests to the extraordinary powers of imagination he used to reconceive the study of late antiquity.
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December 1, 2023 at 4:58 PM
I reviewed Peter Brown's "Journeys of the Mind" for @thebulwark.bsky.social. I liked it a lot and tried to explain why I think it's more than just an academic memoir. Thanks to @martynwendell.bsky.social for his excellent editorial work.