Christopher P. Winner, Author at The American Mag

The denial of death

Mortality and death were not acceptable topics of discussion in the household of my elementary-school years. Had Bosch or Bruegel [...]

In the painful final days of his life, my father, usually the most private and discreet of men regarding his [...]

In August 1988, my mother died in Washington, D.C. — her second home after Rome — and made a very [...]

This is a very short story about my two children. One is Jason, by now close to 45, and Nedra, [...]

This is a love story that could easily slip through the cracks if you let it. I won’t and can’t, [...]

Acquaintances of mine sold a longtime family property in a midsized rural city in the American South. The house, which [...]

I called us the Zoomers. I was in my mid-twenties, a novice to Rome life. Behind the wheel of the [...]

Toward the end of his life, long after battles won and lost, brute temper and trivial anger exhausted, my father [...]

Smaller than small, I once set out on a a great adventure at the Washington aquarium, another way of saying [...]

The death of Pope Francis was coming for some time. Now, cardinals will face some hard choices, most of which [...]

It was coming. It was always coming for those who chose to see it. In New York City was a [...]

To revel in the words of a good author is like taking in the aroma of fresh coffee. Instantly, the [...]