Tissot: The Ascension as Seen From Below
James Tissot’s Illustration and Commentary
Let the Dreamers Come to Me
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! - William Butler Yeats On a recent and very ordinary Tuesday evening I felt the magic that is fairyland breeze through my heart. I had not been among the fairies for a … [Read More...]
Friday Links, May 7, 2021
News about some doings of Dappled Things' friends: + Vermilion—a New Literary Magazine at Catholic University of America + Rod Dreher Interviews James Matthew Wilson on a New MFA in Creative Writing + Essay from Joshua Hren's Hot Off the Press Book + Article about Visual Artist Anthony … [Read More...]
A Tribute to Beverly Cleary
The scene that still fills me with a palpable sense of outrage at injustice is from Ramona the Brave. Ramona and her classmates have been assigned a project making paper bag owls. Ramona has come up with a creative way to draw owls, one that will distinguish her artwork from the others on Parents’ … [Read More...]
Pandemics, Friendship, and Empathetic Imagination
One of the hazards of being both a great writer, and a professor at a university, is that your email is publicly available, allowing fanboys like myself to contact you at will. This is exactly what I did a couple of years ago, having just read one of Jim Shepard’s novels (Project X, I think). I sent … [Read More...]
Friday Links, April 30, 2021
What is the State of Catholic Fiction Today? In case you missed the event last night, you can now watch it on YouTube. The Church and the Fiction Writer: From March 30, 1957 After I nominated this 1957 essay by Flannery O'Connor—which was republished by America Magazine … [Read More...]
