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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Lila and the Religious Novelist

Here's a great review from The New Republic of Marilynne Robinson's highly acclaimed latest novel, Lila: Marilynne...

October 21, 2014

Living the Good Life: Rowan Williams on Marilynne Robinson

This was an exciting week for book lovers, as Marilynne Robinson's latest novel, Lila, was released...

October 13, 2014

The Tiresome Gift

Over at Relief, I wrote about Augustine's Confessions and Christian Wiman's My Bright Abyss, and small gifts: It’s beautiful,...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Anthology: the Power of Words

Over at The High Calling, Alia Joy has a lovely meditation on the power of words...

September 23, 2014

Speaking of classic literature . . .

The Book Haven blog has the writer Italo Calvino's list of what makes a book...

September 22, 2014

Henry James and the YA Debate

There's plenty of talk these days about whether adults should be spending so much time...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Teaching O’Connor

It's that time of year again - the time when teachers (like me) are enjoying...

July 07, 2014

Summer Reading

I love books - so much that I devote considerable time to making lists of...

July 03, 2014

Louis Zamperini: The Happiest Man I’ve Ever Known

I just heard the news that Louis Zamperini died. In honor of his life, I...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

Why Christians Should Read Secular Novels

At her blog, Amy Julia Becker looks at why Christians ought to read non-Christian novels:...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

A Wild God

Barbara Ehrenreich (an atheist and a journalist) recently published a book called Living with a Wild...

April 10, 2014

Reflecting on Passion – Posthumously

In the New York Times last weekend, Nicholas Kristof - looking ahead to graduation season -...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

Notes from a Pilgrimage

My friend Stephen started a review of Christian Wiman's memoir My Bright Abyss a year ago,...

March 13, 2014

Inside the Cloister

Casey N. Cep recently wrote about Abbie Reese's new book Dedicated to God: An Oral History...

March 07, 2014

The Great Diagram

Just for fun: a poster of sentence diagrams of the first sentences of famous novels...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Reading Alone, Together

I love Goodreads. I've been using the site for years - maybe five or more...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

The Allure of the Map

I remember that the copy of Winnie-the-Pooh I used to check out of the library when I...

December 2013

December 17, 2013

Reading and Resistance

Over at The Curator, Brett Beasley reflects on reading and resistance - on our text-soaked...

December 13, 2013

Comfort Reading

In weather-appropriate links, forget comfort eating: try comfort reading. Why do some books seem comforting?...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

The Prayers of Flannery O’Connor

The prayer journals of Flannery O'Connor are being published next week and were recently excerpted...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

For the Love of Books

At the High Calling, they're talking about the love of books - and starting off...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

Can We Slow Down Time?

My husband sent me this article on the phenomenon that makes it feel as if...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

A Longread for the Weekend: Colum McCann and Radical Empathy

Colum McCann wrote a wonderful novel called Let the Great World Spin that came out a...

June 05, 2013

Books Everyone Should Read When They Graduate

The Daily Beast recently ran an article in which some famous writers and academics list...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

I grew up in New England and live in New York City, and more than...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Strong Recommendation for a Great Book

A few weeks ago, I blogged on the strong connection between The Dark Knight Rises...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

A Kingdom Perspective on Work

I just finished a thoughtful and challenging book by one of my favorite biblical scholars,...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises: You’ve Seen the Movie, Now Read the Book!

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

May 2012

May 09, 2012

Recommendations for a Nation of Heretics

In my last post, I began to comment on Ross Douthat's new book, Bad Religion:...

May 07, 2012

Are We a Nation of Heretics?

Are we a nation of heretics? Ross Douthat, a columnist for the New York Times,...