The Artistic Echo Chamber
I could spend all day just reading new magazine articles about how writers write and still not get to them all.
May 15
Silicon Valley Reads Wrap-Up
I encountered many wonderful reading groups and dedicated citizens, but one encounter in particular has stuck with me, so as I post my final piece about the Silicon Valley Reads program, allow me to close by telling this one more small story.
An Internalization of Violence
I wrote for The Daily Beast last Sunday. David Frum rebutted. I have responded with more questions than answers, I fear.
Apophatic Art
Living well in the stunned silence. This is the task of not just theologians, but artists as well, as we are all trying to connect others to something far beyond ourselves
A New Book, Much Like the Old Book
The Millions says I am supposed to embrace the paperback. They say I am supposed to embrace the new cover. They say I am supposed to embrace a new start. They say great things can happen.
Far be it for me to argue with The Millions, but I'd say great things have already happened, from interviews to speaking opportunities to an opera, after all.
Among the Icebergs
This past weekend, on a sun-filled Saturday with the bluest skies our year had yet seen, the Niagara River was filled with ice, as if it was draining some northern Quebec tundra and not lakes that shore upon Ohio and Pennsylvania.
