Dear Reader,

Let’s not mince words: Most modern art is profoundly ugly, often intentionally so.


Ditto the language of our cultural betters. (“Menstruating person,” “chest-feeder” . . . I could go on. And I’m sure you could too.)


It doesn’t have to be this way.


Reader, your Spring Campaign gift is urgently needed to reclaim language and the arts for truth, goodness, and beauty with FIRST THINGS. Give now at firstthings.com/spring.


Step 1: Re-anchoring language and the arts in what is real.


Step 2: Illumining what the “real” points toward—its ultimate Author.


This process is simple but far from easy. And its success depends in large part on readers like you.


You and I can’t wait any longer to begin renewing language and the arts. Make your Spring Campaign gift today.

Yours,

R. R. Reno
Editor