February 26th, 2008
A discussion of the book/film of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men is going on over on the Yahoo discussion group, Literate Catholics Unite, and I thought it would do a bit of double duty for me to post here what I just posted there about this book/movie, both of which I regard as [...]
November 25th, 2007
Having already had the pleasure of hearing Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete speak–Msgr. Albacete, by the way, is the Godspy spiritual adviser–here’s an event in Portland, Oregon that we are very much hoping to attend:
Wounded By Beauty
Sponsored by: Communion & Liberation
Date: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Billy Frank Jr Conference [...]
August 18th, 2007
The Liguorian online has published an article by Brian Doyle called “Voices of Vision and Power: The Best U.S. Catholic Writers.” In it, Doyle briefly discusses the “Greats” of American Catholic literature that every Catholic writer should read, study and love.
At the top of the list, unsuprisingly, is the inimitable Bl. Flannery. Here’s a little [...]
July 3rd, 2007
The Washington Post has an interview with writer Annie Dillard, who is a passionate master of the “lean and mean” writing style…which I admire often, but do not (myself) much subscribe to.
You may have to register to access the interview, but it’s free and worth it.
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July 2nd, 2007
The UK Telegraph has a fun article on the Harry Potter phenomenon, and why it is that these books have taken such hold of our imaginations.
Here’s a quick excerpt:
So how do they stack up as literary artefacts? The answer is, well enough. There’s not much to say about Rowling, sentence to sentence. She doesn’t drop [...]
