Dori Moody
@dorimoody.bsky.social
Editor @Plough; Member @Bruderhof The Shire, Terebethia, Narnia Ingalls, Nesbit, Eager, Ransome
A philosophy professor wrote about Dolly Parton in 2022. Every writer publishing about her today would have been drafting in the shadow of this great piece. plough.com/articles/dol... @plough.bsky.social
Dolly Parton Is Magnificent | Plough
The beloved Tennessee singer-songwriter gets the joke. Do the rest of us?
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If we don’t talk about it, the recent past can feel more remote than a historical period where a consensus has been made, a picture fully rendered. James Mattise www.plough.com/articles/tea...
Teaching September 11 | Plough
If we don’t talk about it, the recent past can feel more remote than a historical period where a consensus has been made, a picture fully rendered.
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Last month, poet Rhina P. Espaillat joined us as we announced the winning poems of the sixth annual Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award. Thank you to Jane Clark Scharl for your work as our Poetry Editor and judge of the award (more than 1100 poems submitted!) – and for hosting the award ceremony.
The Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award Ceremony 2026
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True words from one who is now in the next world: "As one grows older some of the dead grow more alive, more essentially themselves. One loves them more." Poem by Wendell Berry www.plough.com/articles/six...
Six New Poems by Wendell Berry | Plough
The great American writer addresses the thinning partition between this life and eternity.
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Remembering a rooted man of faith, farmer, and author--here described in an older @plough.bsky.social www.plough.com/articles/wen...
Wendell Berry’s Long Obedience | Plough
A non-appetite for glitz and glamour has kept Wendell Berry in Henry County for a lifetime.
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Following Anton Hofmiller from page one of *Beware of Pity* by Stefan Zweig, was like being trapped on an emotional train ride in the era of my German grandparents. This book is devastating. Here are the two best insights: www.plough.com/articles/two...
Deadline: Sep 1: Plough Short Fiction Contest. Submit short fiction that honors the mysterious nature of reality and finds transcendence and redemption in unexpected places up to 5000 words to win $2,000. Fee: $10 | https://www.plough.com/short-fiction-contest
"Dolly confounds and yet fulfills Aristotle’s ideal in more ways than one." www.plough.com/articles/dol...
Dolly Parton Is Magnificent | Plough
The beloved Tennessee singer-songwriter gets the joke. Do the rest of us?
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Thanks to this review in @Plough we've read *Impossible Creatures* and are deep into *The Poisoned King*--can't wait for Katherine Rundell's final, *The Neverfear* to come out so we can complete the trilogy: 🐉 www.plough.com/articles/let...
Let the Children Rage | Plough
A father reads Katherine Rundell’s <em>The Poisoned King</em>, the second book in the <em>Impossible Creatures</em> series, to his twelve-year-old and six-year-old.
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My musical interests lie elsewhere, so I don't have much to say myself, but this essay from a few years ago is very good. I'm re-reading it. www.plough.com/articles/dol...
Dolly Parton Is Magnificent | Plough
The beloved Tennessee singer-songwriter gets the joke. Do the rest of us?
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Our Lord expects works from us. If you see a sick sister whom you can relieve, show compassion to her. Teresa of Avila www.plough.com/articles/ins...
Insight: Loving Your Neighbor | Plough
Our Lord expects works from us. If you see a sick sister whom you can relieve, show compassion to her.
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Our Autumn issue, Friendship, went to press last week. Subscribe today to be among the first to get this issue (new subscribers get 50% off their first year): subscribe.plough.com/flex/PPH/YPS...
Tonight! Meet Rhina Espaillat as we announce the winning poems of the sixth annual Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award. plough.com/events/rhina...
Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award Ceremony 2026 | Plough Events
Join us online on August 18 as we announce the winning poet and two finalists of the sixth annual Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award.
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1/I love it that Julia Ward Howe (who penned the Civil War anthem “Battle Hymn of the Republic") had a daughter famous for the poem, "Eletelephony." Here @plough.bsky.social on the mother: www.plough.com/articles/fro...
From Battle Hymn to Pacifist Proclamation | Plough
Julia Ward Howe, who penned the Civil War anthem “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” spent her later years working for peace.
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My friend, @gregdaly.bsky.social, who is a fantastic Renaissance man, has published this great piece in @plough.bsky.social www.plough.com/articles/are...
Are Moving Statues Spiritual Junk Food? | Plough
What drove thousands of Irish Catholics to visit a shrine in hopes of seeing a statue move?
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I think it’s been four years since I’ve last written anything for publication, life having taken a few turns over recent years, so it’s nice to be able to share my @plough.bsky.social debut: www.plough.com/articles/are...
Are Moving Statues Spiritual Junk Food? | Plough
What drove thousands of Irish Catholics to visit a shrine in hopes of seeing a statue move?
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Suggestions for an alternative anthem. @santiagoramos.bsky.social Vincent W. Lloyd @hannahgracelong.bsky.social Leah Libresco Sargeant Michael Emmerich @sunraysunray.bsky.social Nathaniel Peters @jaynordlinger.bsky.social @emilymcgowan.bsky.social Chris Arnade www.plough.com/articles/a-s...
A Second National Anthem? | Plough
Nine Americans give their suggestions for an alternative national anthem. What is yours?
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"My story is a typical atheist’s story. We come into the world with a preconceived idea. It’s as if we had a pre-birth memory of better days...." I knew and loved Sybil. I still miss her. www.plough.com/articles/god...
God Finds an Atheist | Plough
Is it God who torments the innocent, or is it me?
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Why are the wealthy as exhausted and anxious as the poor, and how can both find freedom? Swapan Samanta www.plough.com/articles/tre...
Treasure on Earth | Plough
Why are the wealthy as exhausted and anxious as the poor, and how can both find freedom?
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“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” – made audible. @mair__wright www.plough.com/articles/don...
Dona Nobis Pacem | Plough
“Give us peace.” Humankind has longed for peace throughout history, and – the world being what it is – many musical settings of this prayer have a solemn, sorrowing, or wistful quality. Not so Mozart’...
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"I was almost seventeen when I awoke in a hospital bed completely blind. My father had shot me in the head three days earlier and I had been in a coma since." Adam LaSalle www.plough.com/articles/i-a...
‘I had reached the point where I wanted to obey… Freedom is based on complete submission, complete weakness to God.’ —Dorothy Day @plough.bsky.social www.plough.com/magazine/sum...
Plough is seeking short fiction that honors the mysterious nature of reality and finds transcendence and redemption in unexpected places. Stories will be disqualified if the use of AI is detected or suspected. www.plough.com/short-fictio...
Short Fiction Contest
Plough is seeking short fiction that honors the mysterious nature of reality and finds transcendence and redemption in unexpected places.
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