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Morality and Fiction
December 13th, 200905:50 PM ETLast month the National Book Foundation honored Flannery O'Connor, yet again. Each year since 1949 the Foundation has bestowed the National Book Award. Last month, in the fiction category, the Foundation chose the one best book from among the past 60 winners. Voters selected O'Connor's "Complete Stories." As people who care about how stories are ... -
How Should I Read This Novel
November 05th, 200911:53 AM ETI just finished Pat Conroy's new book, South of Broad. When I read Conroy I get so caught up in the language-in the cadence and tempo of it-that I sometimes lose track of story. His style, at least for me, can overwhelm the plot. As a result, I find myself wallowing around in all this glorious construction, content to soak in the beauty of how the ... -
Reading and Progress
August 01st, 200909:04 AM ETIn his book, Reading Between the Lines, Gene Edward Veith insists that reading books is critical to a thriving culture. Television and movies, Veith claims, if enjoyed to excess, will turn us into an image-dominated society. The Internet, we know, is a medium that's scanned and browsed, but not studied. "Only reading," Veith says, "cultivates a sus... -
Seeking an Enlargement of Our Being
July 25th, 200907:27 AM ETA good friend of mine doesn't read fiction. Why, he asks, would I spend precious time reading about things that aren't true? Why would I get tangled up in a story that never happened? Why, he insists on knowing, should I get emotionally involved in some fictional set of circumstances when my own family's every bit as dysfunctional as Pat Conroy's? ... -
Rethinking Christian Literature
July 19th, 200907:21 AM ETAsk your neighbors for an off-the-cuff reaction to the words "Christian literature" and you're likely to hear them stumble through a list of belittling adjectives. Despite the swelling ranks of able Christian writers, the reaction demonstrates that we're viewed as an inconsequential presence in the world of literature. This image belies reality-in ...
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