"You have to make your vision apparent by shock – to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.” - FOC
Very excited to say that my new book "Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction" is now available for pre-order from Fordham University Press
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This March, join the Jesuit Media Lab for "Lenten Fridays with Flannery," a four-week seminar on Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth. @moc
Register: https://t.co/b6iVzAWCye
Whatever these next four years have in store for us, reading Saunders reminds us to seek out mystery and embrace empathy, sacrifice and love. https://t.co/L1pJjCrsAJ
“The Mythmakers,” a joint biography of J.R.R. #Tolkien and #CSLewis by @hendrixart, shows how their friendship helped them achieve the fullness of their creative capacities, writes @moc.
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Here is something I wrote in response to one of my favorite books of the year (The Mythmakers, John Hendrix's book on CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien)
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Hope the David Foster Wallace (and George Saunders) folks move the conversations over to the new (better) place, where I am https://t.co/uv1HkWFk7m - come find me!
On All Souls' Day, @moc shares why he walks in cemeteries: "It is good to spend time among the dead; to pray for them and ask for prayers in return. So this November, perhaps you can seek out a quiet graveyard, and say a prayer for the souls of the dead." https://t.co/iqbfob1ZnS
“We're all gonna be dead soon, and it really doesn't matter anymore, so there's zero pressure.” - Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla, dropping a seasonally appropriate memento mori
RIP Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian shanty town priest and later Dominican friar, prophet of the poor, whose Theology of Liberation in 1971 reshaped contemporary theology. He has died aged 96 in Lima. https://t.co/0jAsoUqLsX
Hi! My new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out March 18th. I'm signing 100,000 copies of it. You can preorder your signed copy today at https://t.co/WEtD6dTeAJ or wherever books are sold.
New piece in @believermag about the Cedar-Riverside Warriors, a badass crew of #Somali hoopers. Probably the most fun I've had working on a story. A hilarious & inspiring group of guys - part of what makes #Minneapolis great (again).
https://t.co/qAxgAyKQcO
Yet there was resistance to this coupling of theology and literature in the English departments of Catholic colleges and universities, a resistance that is still present in many places …
--Angela O’Donnell
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The Ignatian Creators Summit brings together a diverse group of writers, artists and more, formed in the Ignatian tradition, for a few days of retreat and creativity.
Watch this video to learn more: https://t.co/LcnhKGsGEH