The Ink Desk Blog

How does the classic tragedy, Oedipus Rex, address the riddle of man? https://jpearce.co/oedipus-rex-in-a-nutshell/

An interview on the perennial relevance and importance of William Shakespeare.... https://jpearce.co/william-shakespeare-catholic-genius/

An interview I gave on classic literature and its importance.... https://jpearce.co/saving-the-classics-from-the-cancel-culture/

I just encountered a young man doing his morning run and we stopped and chatted. I live near a university, so I wasn’t surprised he was a student; a grad student getting his second undergraduate along with a master’s in music and music therapy—and a master’s from the “University of Theology and Spirituality” whatever that is. [...]

No, Big Brother is not destined to win. As the life and example of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn demonstrate, the little man can triumph over the most tyrannical of governments.... https://jpearce.co/the-triumph-of-winston-smith-2/

There's something rotten in Shakespeare studies.... https://jpearce.co/sex-nonsense-shakespeare/

Joseph Pearce, editor of the St. Austin Review, waxes effusive on the many great articles in the new Tolkien theme issue of StAR.... https://jpearce.co/highlights-of-the-tolkien-theme-issue-of-star/

Joseph Pearce on what's newly posted in the Inner Sanctum of his personal website.... https://jpearce.co/new-this-week-in-the-inner-sanctum-3/

Tolkien The new issue of the St. Austin Review is a theme issue dedicated to the author of The Lord of the Rings. Highlights include:  William Randall Lancaster on “Rings of Fellowship: Friendship and J. R. R. Tolkien”. Daniel Hubin surveys “The Long Defeat: Tolkien and the Christian Vision of History”. Timothy D. Lusch sees “Anglo-Saxon Spirituality in the [...]

Heroic popes in the bloodiest of centuries.... https://jpearce.co/popes-versus-modernity-and-modernism/