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About Shawn Phillip Cooper, PhD
Shawn Phillip Cooper, Ph.D. is Vice President of the North American Branch of the International Courtly Literature Society and an Assistant Editor at The European Conservative. His work, addressing the intersection of culture and politics, has been published in venues including The American Conservative, The American Postliberal, The Lamp, Law & Liberty, The American Mind, and in numerous scholarly volumes and journals.
The Dispatch

The Light of Our Faith is a compelling and rich history of Catholic liturgy

October 12, 2025 Shawn Phillip Cooper, PhD 4

For nearly thirty years, those interested in learning about the vast and complex history of the Catholic Church’s liturgy have had recourse to Marcel Metzger’s History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages. Translated from the […]

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Alfred Nicol’s new collection demonstrates his prodigious metrical gifts

March 26, 2025 Shawn Phillip Cooper, PhD 3

Coming two decades after winning the Richard Wilbur Award, Alfred Nicol’s latest collection, After the Carnival, proves that its author has only continued to develop his prodigious metrical gifts. In this, his fourth collection, he offers […]

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The poetic waters run deep in Jane Clark Scharl’s Ponds

April 21, 2024 Shawn Phillip Cooper, PhD 2

In early 2023, Jane Clark Scharl debuted her verse drama Sonnez Les Matines to appreciative audiences in New York City. The ability to sustain a successful drama in verse—and good verse, at that—was a worthy testament […]

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