Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix)

About this episode

Micah Mattix joins R. R. Reno to discuss Portico, a new literary quarterly.

In this episode, Micah Mattix joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about Portico, a new literary quarterly published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life.

People in this episode

Host: R. R. Reno

Guest: Micah Mattix

Topics covered

• literary quarterly
• religion
• public life
• literature
• interview

Keywords

• Portico
• literary quarterly
• Micah Mattix
• R. R. Reno
• Institute on Religion and Public Life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute on Religion and Public Life

Books & works: Portico

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