Editors Dan Hitchens, Fran X. Maier, and Justin Lee contributed short reflections to the 2022 FIRST THINGS Annual Report. To view these reflections in full, please visit our website here. To view the Annual Report, visit our website or access the flip-book here. Dan Hitchens “Of all the books published in a year—275,232 is the most recent figure for the US—how do you decide which ones to cover? That is one question keeping this Reviews section editor up at night . . .” Click here to read more Francis X. Maier “My work with FIRST THINGS—providing counsel and general assistance to the editor and deputy editor—is not really ‘work.’ It’s the pleasure of being reminded of so many reasons for hope . . .” Click here to read more Justin Lee “An artistic renaissance is brewing on the American right . . . There’s a growing sense that the country’s imagination can be restored through fresh storytelling. I hope to position FIRST THINGS as a shepherd to this nascent movement, directing its unruly energy towards the true, the good, and the beautiful . . .” Click here to read more Make a gift Share Tweet Share Forward Copyright © 2023 First Things, All rights reserved. update subscription preferences    unsubscribe from this list