How to Kill a Literary Genre
by Jaspreet Singh BoparaiGod willing, Jordan Castro will help kill off autofiction as a literary form. Continue Reading »
God willing, Jordan Castro will help kill off autofiction as a literary form. Continue Reading »
Gregory Dowling provides a helpful travel guide for readers embarking on their own pilgrimage through Mason’s life and thought. Continue Reading »
Writing a column is a strange, many-sided enterprise and a privilege. Continue Reading »
Eugene Vodolazkin's latest book is a chronicle of a fictional island, written by many hands. It’s a perfect Bakhtinian set-up, a Dostoevskyan dialogic novel where diverse viewpoints are given equal time.
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I do hope you’ll find at least one title I mention worth looking into. Books about Trump and current politics? Nah, not interested. Continue Reading »
We ought to value persons for their habitual qualities and their achievements. Chilton Williamson’s character and accomplishments are in many respects exemplary—especially his Christian hope. Continue Reading »
The inspiration for this column is one of the most wonderfully strange books I’ve encountered in a lifetime of reading (strange and a bit melancholy), John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa. Continue Reading »
What is emerging among some erstwhile left-wing intellectuals today is the realization that atheism, while an interesting theoretical position, offers nothing to address the deeper questions of life. Continue Reading »
It is the presence of grace in Cormac McCarthy's dark stories that made him truly peerless. Continue Reading »
I don’t walk as much (or as quickly) as I have for most of my life. Still, Wendy and I take a walk every day, weather and other circumstances permitting. I treasure these times. But I also like to read about walking. Continue Reading »