Caitlin writes, “When Seamus stood up and read the poem, ‘Baptism: for Ellen and Kate Flanagan,’ I accepted everything—all of it, all at once: poetry, God, and myself.

Born in 1961, Caitlin Flanagan is an American writer and social critic. A contributor to The Atlantic since February 2001, she was a staff writer for The New Yorker in 2004 and 2005, contributing ...

By Caitlin Flanagan The Oscars Have Left the Mainstream Moviegoer Behind The Academy found its nominees on the international film-festival circuit, not at the movie theater. Jennie Bromberg was ...