Appreciation …

… Richard Rodriguez and the Browning of America | Elias Crim. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Like all very fine writers, Rodriguez is inimitable: he reminds you of nobody else. He gave the keynote talk a few months ago at Loyola University’s conference on “the Catholic Imagination” (watch it here). In his talks, Rodriguez is generally funnier than in his books, as well as more poignant at moments. In this talk he speaks directly and powerfully to his sense of himself as both gay and a Catholic, among other topics.