Alex Taylor is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Christendom College. He was previously Cowan Fellow for Criticism at the University of Dallas in Irving, TX, where he is finishing a dissertation that unearthed the shared political vision of two 20th century Catholic novelists, Flannery O’Connor and Evelyn Waugh. He has published reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and film as well as essays and poetry (translations and original lyrics) in various magazines, including the National Catholic Register, Word on Fire’s Evangelization and Culture Online, Front Porch Republic, Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, Dappled Things, Law & Liberty, The European Conservative, and The American Conservative.