Deep Down Things

Nicodemus, Doug Weaver
Pentecost 2012 issue.

Friday Links, July 30, 2021
Roseanne T. Sullivan Roseanne T. Sullivan

Friday Links, July 30, 2021

+ More about the age-old question: What qualifies a work of fiction as literary art?

+ On the connection between the Benedictine vision and poetry.

+ Raft of Stars novel read chapter by chapter on Wisconsin Public Radio.

+ New Wiseblood Press essay by Michael D. O’Brien, on the history of mankind’s creative imagination.

+ “Dear Holy Father”: some respectful reactions to Pope Francis’ recent motu proprio.

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Friday Links, June 18, 2021
Roseanne T. Sullivan Roseanne T. Sullivan

Friday Links, June 18, 2021

+ A novel of Caryll Houselander, mystic practitioner of the art of suffering well, to be republished soon

+ Raymond Chandler on captivating readers with emotion and well-placed adjectives, and other quotes from his letters

+ Simone Weil on what it takes to write about imaginative evil without causing evil

+ Rabbi Shalom Carmy on creativity and serving God

+ A review of The Five Wounds, which, according to Amazon, was “Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by Oprah Magazine, The Week, The Millions, and Electric Lit”

+ Joshua Hren writes about artful irony that “gives a damn.”

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