Friday Links

Sept 13, 2024

Micah Mattix with The Blackbird + Blue Walls: A Double Book Launch

James Earl Jones, legendary voice and theater actor, dead at 93

Stay lovely boy! Why fly'st thou me

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Gloves of Mettle: An Interview with Timothy Steele


Micah Mattix with The Blackbird + Blue Walls: A Double Book Launch

Sally Thomas and Joshua Hren both have new books out this year. Sally’s collection of short stories, The Blackbird and Other Stories, is available now from Wiseblood Books and it is very, very good. Joshua’s new novel, Blue Walls Falling Down, will be out in October from Angelico and it is also very, very good. You can hear both of them read from their work at this online, double-book launch, on October 10th at 8pm EST. The fantastic and charming Micah Mattix will host. Just follow the link for more information and to register.

James Earl Jones, legendary voice and theater actor, dead at 93

The great actor James Earl passed away on September 9. While on active duty during the Korean War, he converted to Catholicism: “The only thing I had that was not geared toward the art of killing was the Catholic Church, to which I had converted in the Army, and the complete work of Shakespeare.”

Stay lovely boy! Why fly'st thou me

Victoria Moul writers (over at Substack Horace & friends) about George Herbert and his big hit, Temple.

Some works of literature take time to gather a following, and some were plainly a hit from the start. George Herbert’s Temple is an obvious instance of the latter category: there are quite a lot of surviving examples of people reacting enthusiastically and as it were ‘in real time’ to their first reading of it at or shortly after its publication, and its influence upon contemporary poetry was obvious by the middle of the century. The Temple was published in 1633 just after Herbert himself had died, aged only 39, and it was his first and only collection of English verse; during his lifetime, he was known mainly as a Latin poet and orator, and a few of his Latin poems were circulating quite widely in the years before his death.

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Well, I’m not sure you need to read all, or even any, of these novels recommended by the LitHub staff, but the list is an interesting overview of what novels are getting hyped this season. Personally, I take my reading recommendations from the likes of John Wilson, Micah Mattix, and Boris Dralyuk. I’ve gotten burned too many times with the likes of Sally Rooney. And, it just so happens, that Micah has his list of forthcoming Fall books up at the indispensable Prufrock.

Gloves of Mettle: An Interview with Timothy Steele

Elijah Blumov and Timothy Steele together at last, my friends!

Mary R. Finnegan

After several years working as a registered nurse in various settings including the operating room and the neonatal ICU, Mary works as a freelance editor and writer. Mary earned a BA in English, a BS in Nursing, and is currently pursuing her MFA in creative Writing at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Mary’s poetry, essays, and stories can be found in Ekstasis, Lydwine Journal, American Journal of Nursing, Catholic Digest, Amethyst Review, and elsewhere. She is Deputy Editor at Wiseblood Books.

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