A fearless voice: Denise Levertov

Isbell, Harold

be undertaken anyway). All of this helps to construct and maintain a shared world view. This conversation is vital to how we understand the world, what we think, and the actions or inactions we...

...James Wall of the Christian Century will retire soon as editor while continuing his column at the ecumenical weekly...
...If magazines do have a natural life span, we hope it is a very long one...
...Commonweal 6 May 8, 1998...
...No surprise that such contraries make fluctuating fortunes the lot of all, even the well heeled...
...George Hunt, S.J., of America has announced his resignation (offering a typically deft and witty account of his requested departure while promising a tell-all memoir...
...He reports there are a number of good candidates ready and willing to succeed him...
...We make two bets: He will soon have a book contract...
...Bravo to both Wall and Hunt for their long-running performances and for staying on message...
...Our experience, we think, is proof that magazines can stay on message while reshaping that message to changing times, needs, and readers...
...It's good for you...
...And your children...
...The next editor will be Tom Reese, S.J...
...Good luck, Tom...
...New designs, new writers, new perspectives help--and sometimes too, new editors...
...This conversation is vital to how we understand the world, what we think, and the actions or inactions we finally carry out...
...All of this is to say that in our opinion, journals of opinion are the greatest idea since sliced whole wheat bread...
...we're up for another seven decades...
...Eat it...

Vol. 125 • May 1998 • No. 9


 
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