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 [...]

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Stratford Caldecott has written a brief but alarmingly gratifying review of The Mystery of Things in the most recent issue (number eight) of Second Spring: A Journal of Faith and Culture:

“Labelled ‘Book One of the Ashland Grail Cycle’, this is a stunning debut novel in the modern thriller genre, complete with sex and violence. It [...]

Tags: Ashland Grail Cycle, book reviews, books, Catholic fiction, Debra Murphy, Flannery O'Connor, idylls press, Second Spring, Stratford Caldecott, The Mystery of Things

Assorted members of Clan Murphy are attending the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Assocation fall trade show in Portland this weekend, shilling our new Idylls Press books and generally trying to learn from the pros and booksellers at hand.
In the meantime, trot over to Godspy to read my (Portland-based) friend Kathleen Lundquist’s little piece (”A Proper [...]

Tags: Flannery O'Connor, Milledgeville