The Gatekeepers of Culture: Gregory Wolfe on Literature, Faith, and the Books That Last

Gregory Wolfe has spent 40 years hunting for something most men assume doesn't exist anymore: serious, beautiful, Catholic literature written by people still alive. As the founder of Image journal and now publisher of Slant Books, he's found it—and he's here to make the case that the Church's artistic tradition isn't in a museum. It's being written right now by people you've never heard of. That's on us to fix.What We CoverWhy newness is not the enemy of tradition and never has beenWhy Waugh, Greene, and O'Connor were condemned by Catholics before they were celebrated by themHow T.S. Eliot's conversion to the Church of England unlocked a new way of reading modernist poetryWhy Michelangelo's Pietà caused riots in Rome — and what that tells us about art todayThe Catholic writers most Catholics have never heard of — and why that's a problemChapters00:00: Who Is Gregory Wolfe?04:29: From Mimeograph to Magazine: A Life in Publishing10:23: The Church of What's Happening Now14:21: Why Newness Matters in Art19:46: T.S. Eliot and the Living Tradition25:32: The Shock of the New (Even Michelangelo's Pietà)31:24: Waugh, Greene, and O'Connor Were Condemned—Then Celebrated39:01: The Still Small Voice: What Contemporary Fiction Whispers44:36: Catholic Writers You've Never Heard Of (But Should Know)49:51: Tell It Slant: The Mission of Slant BooksResources MentionedSlant BooksChild of These Tears by Molly McNettWe Shall Not All Sleep by Tony WoodliefRedeployment by Phil KlayImage JournalJOIN 2500+ MEN READING SERIOUS, YET ACCESSIBLE ESSAYS ON VIRTUE, CULTURE, AND LIVING WELL: https://fraternus.org/sword-and-spade/Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios