All posts tagged: Elegy

JD Vance writes of journey to Catholicism in ‘Communion,’ his first book since ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

JD Vance writes of journey to Catholicism in ‘Communion,’ his first book since ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Published by Sam Flores

Vice President JD Vance, a convert to Catholicism whose faith has been central to his adult life, writes about his religious journey in a new book that could ultimately serve as a sort of origin story for a future presidential campaign. “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” comes out Tuesday from Harper, and The Associated Press obtained a copy ahead of its release. The HarperCollins imprint also put out “Hillbilly Elegy,” the best-selling memoir from 2016 that helped make Vance a national figure. Vance has been working on and off on his new book since then, a tumultuous decade that included a Hollywood movie about his youth, a short stint as a U.S. senator from Ohio and now vice president to Donald Trump. There’s not a lot about Trump or other insider stories from Vance’s political years, although he does express regret for criticizing the Democratic Party’s “childless cat ladies,” a comment that came back to haunt him while Trump’s running mate. Instead, “Communion” serves as a sort of manifesto for the role of …

JD Vance is releasing a new book after his massive Hillbilly Elegy success

JD Vance is releasing a new book after his massive Hillbilly Elegy success

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Vice President JD Vance has a new book coming out in June, a fresh hint that he is gearing up for battle for the 2028 GOP nomination. Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith comes out June 16, the HarperCollins Publishers imprint Harper announced Tuesday. HarperCollins also released Hillbilly Elegy, the million-selling memoir from 2016 that helped make Vance a national figure. “The story of how I regained my faith, of course, only happened because I had lost it to begin with,” Vance, 41, said about his new book. “The interesting question that hangs over this book, and over my mind, is why I ever strayed from the path. Why the Christian faith of my youth failed to properly take root,” he wrote. The announcement Tuesday is likely to ramp up speculation that Vance will seek the presidency in 2028, a possibility the Republican vice …

Elegy for Rafah | Doha Kahlout, Katharine Halls

Elegy for Rafah | Doha Kahlout, Katharine Halls

Published by Jenni Sidey

Since the beginning of the year, my phone has been a window through which I watch the Rafah crossing from my bedroom in Paris three thousand kilometers away. Every piece of news about it awakes something in me that neither the cold of this city nor the long distance can quiet. After nine months in France I still find myself stuck between two worlds: free, expansive Paris and confined, fettered Gaza, ruled by a metal gate that opens and closes at the order of the occupation alone. On either side of this gate are stories that the world doesn’t know, but we Gazans do, because the stories are in our bodies and our names. The Rafah crossing was closed in May 2024. In the first seven months of the genocide it had been the only way out of the Strip. Thousands of Gazans had left through the city’s gates, most for medical treatment or family reunification, some by paying steep fees to brokers with connections on the other side. They relocated, melted into their new …