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July 2015

July 23, 2015

Dear Patheos

Dear Patheos: I hope you guys are doing well. I’ve been meaning to drop you...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Ray Bradbury Lives Forever

On Labor Day weekend in 1932, a twelve year-old boy from Waukegan, Illinois, having just...

June 09, 2015

The Thing Itself: Art and Poverty, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. How should we treat the poor? Among those who work on...

June 08, 2015

The Thing Itself: Art and Poverty, Part 1

The following is adapted from a presentation given at the Dominican School of Philosophy and...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Lorenzo the Magnificent

He liked to be called El Santo (Spanish for “the Saint”). In almost anyone else...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

The Saint John’s Bible: Back to the Future

The story of how the text of the Bible was set down and transmitted is...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

In a Domain of Sheep, He was a Lion:
Tributes to D.G. Myers from Friends & Colleagues

The writer, critic, and literary scholar D.G. Myers died September 26 at the age of...

September 03, 2014

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Creative Writers According to St. Augustine, Part 2

Guest post by Gregory Wolfe The post, continued from yesterday, is adapted from a commencement...

September 02, 2014

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Creative Writers According to St. Augustine, Part 1

Guest post by Gregory Wolfe The following is adapted from a commencement address given at...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

The Second Coming of Flannery O’Connor

The ongoing conversation about contemporary literature and faith that I have been having with Dana...

January 09, 2014

The Contemporary Novel of Belief, Part 2

In yesterday’s post I wrote about author and critic Paul Elie’s contention that few contemporary...

January 08, 2014

The Contemporary Novel of Belief, Part 1

Writing a response to a published essay can be seen as public service, a way...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Making It New: The Image Fall Appeal

Consider the coffee table. It’s a venerable and eminently practical piece of furniture. Most of...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Opting for Paradox: 25 Years of Image

The poet Ezra Pound made the phrase “Make It New” the rallying cry of artistic...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

The Image Top 50 Contemporary Writers of Faith

By Gregory Wolfe Last week we posted a list of The Top 25 Contemporary Writers...

September 09, 2013

The Image Top 25 Contemporary Writers of Faith List

Gregory Wolfe “I’m sick of Flannery O’Connor.” That was the opening sentence of a recent...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Art, Risk, & *Image’*s Near-Death Experience

When I chose “Art and Risk” as the theme for Image journal’s 2013 Glen Workshops,...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

The Daughter Who Defied Gravity

Guest Post By Gregory Wolfe The following remarks were given by the author at his...

January 2013

January 11, 2013

Whispers of Faith in a Postmodern World

The Wall Street Journal featured this article by Image founder and editor Gregory Wolfe on Friday,...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Join Us for a Good Letters Event in Washington, DC, November 14

Words. Made Flesh. An Evening With Gregory Wolfe and the Writers of Image journal's "Good...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Shaping the Heart

The following post is an edited version of the commencement address given at the graduation...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Ray Bradbury Lives Forever

Guest Post On Labor Day weekend in 1932, a twelve year-old boy from Waukegan, Illinois,...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Good Letters: Words. Made Flesh.

Welcome to Good Letters on Patheos. For over four years, we at Image, a literary