Category Archives: writing
Sacred Fire, Holy Saturdays, Sunday Morning Calls
Tomorrow’s scripture readings/lessons in many churches will be these, brought together by the liturgical themes of Transfiguration Sunday. I was blessed to be part of conversation this week about the need even we postmoderns have to leave spaces where we … Continue reading
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Contraceptives and the Freedom of Conscience: Framing the Catholic Debate in Other Terms
I’ve been reading up on the fall-out over the Obama Administration’s decision not to exempt large Catholic employers (hospitals, colleges, social service agencies) from provisions in the new health care laws requiring that enterprises of their scale provide insurance that … Continue reading
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A Real Live Webpage from 1996, Preserved In Its Natural Habitat; Fiction as Public Engagement
No, not the official Berkshire Hathaway page. I’m talking about the Periodic Table of Comic Books! If you’ve been trying to cross reference an element with its appearances in various comics over the last few decades, I’ve just given you … Continue reading
Bromance Valentines On Their Way
If you Google “valentine for bromance,” The Daily Cocca’s post from last February is the first result. I can’t prove that I invented the Bromance Valentine, but I believe I owe the public an updated offering this year. Look for … Continue reading
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Sundry Literary Notes Brought to You by Social Media
Add Hunger Mountain to the list of literary journals that charges a reading/submission/administrative fee for non-subscribers. I don’t know how recent this change is, but I submitted to HM a few months ago without a charge. It’s either a recent … Continue reading
When Your Name is Lorem Ipsum, Your Career Path Chooses Itself
With much love to The William & Mary Review:
What Poets Make (Saeed Jones, Tory Adkisson, and Taylor Mali in Hayden’s Ferry Review #49)
Three very talented poets whose work I follow are featured in Hayden’s Ferry Review #49: Tory Adkisson, Saeed Jones, and Taylor Mali. You might recall that Taylor Mali is the man who gave us this: What poets make. What prophets … Continue reading
Failing Better Isn’t Really Failing (Literary Rejection Letters and You)
One of my favorite things about this blog is how many people find their way here by searching for information about literary rejection letters. If there’s a word in German that means the opposite of Schadenfreude, that’ how I’d describe … Continue reading
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Yuval Levin on Newt Gingrich’s Revolutionary Disposition; What Should Florida Do?
Gingrich has what you might call a revolutionary disposition: He has great intensity and energy. His mind is drawn to stark and diametrical distinctions; he expects change to occur through cataclysmic clashes and so seems always to be seeking after … Continue reading
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