George Saunders on Story
by Joshua HrenFor Saunders, fiction is fundamentally moral.
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For Saunders, fiction is fundamentally moral.
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Michael Connelly is a historian of the present, telling us what is “happening” with immediacy and imaginative depth through his crime novels. Continue Reading »
Daniel Taylor’s novel Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees asks readers who believe that the Bible really is “the Word of God” to think carefully about what that entails. Continue Reading »
In this time of social isolation, I have revisited several classic plague texts. Continue Reading »
Here I offer gratis a few thoughts about a writing project, in the hope that a writer or two will be inspired. Continue Reading »
Tomie dePaola’s children’s books show a sympathy not only for the child, but for the childlike adult, whose eyes are open to surprise and miracle. Continue Reading »
Fiction is no longer a useful means of grappling with reality. Continue Reading »
Hemingway’s little-known play Today is Friday is a haunting depiction of Christ's crucifixion. Continue Reading »
In Love Among the Ruins, Evelyn Waugh examines how secular culture shelters us from ultimate realities. Continue Reading »