(Cross-posted by Allison Graff from Thoughts on Faith and Writing)
So we just spent three long days talking about stories. We talked about them, we lived them, we thought up new ones to write later. It was good to be with so many others who understand the importance of stories.
The Festival of Faith & Writing is […]
Real life stories (and happily abandoned book proposals)
Acedia…so what?
(Cross-posted by Allison from Thoughts on Faith and Writing)
I remember shopping in a bookstore in Moscow several years back and picking up an English-language book called Twelve Stories of Russia, A Novel: I Guess. I couldn’t help but buy the book because nothing can be more interesting to an American living in Russia than a […]
Book recs from the stars
(Cross-posted by Ashleigh on Thoughts on Faith and Writing)
At the “Literary Fiction: A Place for Faith?” panel this morning, the discussants offered these book recommendations:
Ingrid Hill: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; Saturday, Ian McEwan
Beena Kamlani: Wolf Totem, Jiang Rong
Jana Reiss: After This, Alice McDermott; The Ladies’ Auxillary, Tova Mirvis
Vinita Hampton Wright: A Thousand Splendid […]
