So I had high expectation for Martyr!, his first novel. Three chapters into it, my considerable expectations were a speck in the rearview mirror. After finishing the novel, I couldn't even ...

He is writing a book about martyrs, a project that might persuade him to kill himself at the end; he isn’t sure yet. Into it, he carries the burdens of grace and rage: grace at having been too ...

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Our March book club pick is Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel Martyr! It’s about Cyrus, who was born in Iran and moved to the midwest as a child after his mom died. She was one of the victims of the ...

The relic “reminds us of the holiness of the person, whether martyr or pope,” he said. “It’s holiness that matters -- our devotion to Christ and how closely we follow him.” St. Thomas ...