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December 2014

December 05, 2014

Sara Zarr Presents a Christmas Playlist

2014 marked the tenth anniversary of my friendship with YA novelist Sara Zarr. In the...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

A Novelist, A Horror Filmmaker, and Two Critics: Conversations Worth Hearing

Scott Derrickson, Alissa Wilkinson, Sara Zarr, Steven Greydanus... listen to all of these inspiring Christians...

January 2013

January 04, 2013

Sara Zarr’s “This Creative Life”

This morning, as the caffeine was just beginning to take effect, Anne and I appeared...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

Look! Wes Anderson Winners, Over the Rhine, James Bond, “Anna Karenina,” “Lincoln,” Twitter, Wim Wenders, Aimee Mann, Scott Derrickson, Sara Zarr, and “The Kid With a Bike”

Look! These links caught my attention today, for one reason or another. Check back later....

August 2012

August 17, 2012

The Hunger Games: Did You Ask For Seconds, or Send It Back to the Kitchen?

Time for a post-game show on The Hunger Games. What did you think of the...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

How to please the young readers in your life: How to Save a Life

How to Save a Life, the new novel by my favorite YA novelist, Sara Zarr,...

October 17, 2011

Fingertips: Anonymous; Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson; The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox; Woody Allen and Ethan Coen; Tom Waits; U2; Sara Zarr

Are you excited about Anonymous, the movie that's going to shock the world by revealing...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Is Today’s Young Adult Literature “Too Dark”?

If you were to ask me that question, I would refer you to my favorite...

August 2009

August 20, 2009

Post-“Raven’s Ladder” Browser: Catching up. Dawn Treader! Catching up on summer movies. Joe Henry. More.

Having turned in Raven's Ladder, I'm excited, exhausted, and eager to enjoy what little bit...

April 2009

April 02, 2009

Sara Zarr’s in the new issue of Image.

Sara Zarr and I are very, very different people, writing very different kinds of books....

February 2008

February 03, 2008

“Sweethearts” – Sara Zarr’s New Noven Wins Raves (Of Course)

Just as Sara Zarr's first novel starts out on a journey to the silver screen,...

January 2008

January 31, 2008

Congratulations (again) to Sara Zarr!

¬† I remember sitting in the writer's workshop where a witty young woman named Sara...

October 2007

October 30, 2007

A Conversation with National Book Award Finalist Sara Zarr

Can we handle the truth? In Sara Zarr's first novel, Story of a Girl, one...

October 18, 2007

“Christian Fiction” and the Faith of J.K. Rowling and Sara Zarr

I know that many of my fellow Christians are so convinced that J.K. Rowling is...

October 10, 2007

Congratulations Sara Zarr!

My friend Sara Zarr has been such a great encouragement to me with Auralia's Colors....

January 2007

January 16, 2007

Conversations with Critics About Favorite Films of 2006

It was the year of the endangered baby. Tsotsi, L'Enfant, The Nativity Story, Pan's Labyrinth,Children of Men... all...

January 06, 2007

Sara Zarr Interviewed at School Library Journal

You meet the most interesting people at the Glen Workshop (which, by the way, is...

August 2006

August 24, 2006

Sara Zarr: Your Spotlight is Ready

Sometimes, you buy an album because you liked the catchy song on the radio. Sometimes,...