Friday Links
Join Collegium Institute and DT for our online Global Catholic Literature Seminar on Carlos Eire’s Waiting for Snow in Havana.
A poem from James Matthew Wilson: “Atmosphere”
Christian Wiman on The Poetry of Reality: Gwendolyn Brooks and the mystery of existence
Fully Alive at the Easel: A Conversation with Michael Stevens
EPA Awards include Paul Pastor and Janille Stephens
Join Collegium Institute and DT for our online Global Catholic Literature Seminar on Carlos Eire’s Waiting for Snow in Havana.
This year is the 20th anniversary of the National Book Award winning memoir by the renowned historian. The memoir is a powerful depiction of a childhood amidst the sudden changes and upheavals of revolutionary Cuba. Faced by the cruelties and wonders of childhood, Eire recalls the tortuousness of the human heart and human society. We will read the novel in light of the tradition of confessional literature extending back to Augustine’s Confessions. Register here.
A poem from James Matthew Wilson: "Atmosphere"
Another lovely poem from James Matthew Wilson. This one inspired by the book, Not First in Nobody’s Heart: The Life Story of a Contemporary Chippewa.
Christian Wiman on The Poetry of Reality: Gwendolyn Brooks and the mystery of existence
“Sometimes the mystery of existence—that we exist at all, that we feel so homelessly at home in this place—gets embedded so deeply in life that we no longer feel it as mystery.” Christian Wiman on Gwendolyn Brooks and being “rescued by a revelation.”
Fully Alive at the Easel: A Conversation with Michael Stevens
“The beauty of God-given human creativity is precisely in its mysterious ability to capture the stable, unchanging goodness of God in such varied and dynamic ways.” Michael Stevens shares this and more in this wonderful interview with Tod Warner.
EPA Awards include Paul Pastor and Janille Stephens
I love having brilliant and talented friends! Paul Pastor won first prize in poetry for his poem, "Below the Glen". In fiction, Janille Stephens took home second prize for her story, Bad Theology. Both are excellent! Enjoy!
