What Can Literature Teach Us About Forgiveness?
American fiction has always grappled with sin, atonement and mercy. In the second installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis examines what we can learn from forgiveness.
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Imprinted by Belief: An Essay Series on American Literature and Faith
An essay series on American literature and faith.
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'Trail of the Lost' is a gripping tale of hikers missing on the Pacific Coast Trail
Andrea Lankford delves deep into the cases of three men who vanished while hiking, but also explores the history of the PCT and the rich, nuanced subculture, practices and literature that surround it.
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Interview: R.J. Palacio
Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” got to her: “Sure, it’s a novel full of unbelievable violence and apocalyptic nightmare stuff,” says the best-selling author of “Wonder,” “Pony” and “White Bird,” soon to be a feature film. “But the humanity and love is there right from the first line.”
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Untitled poem from ‘Starlings’
Art is long, life is short and starlings are immeasurable. It is a sensible thing to want to be one.
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James McBride Doesn’t Read Reviews. Here’s Why.
His latest novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” has received a number of raves, but the veteran novelist will respectfully avoid them.
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After 122 Years, a Lost Edith Wharton Play Gets Its Debut
The Shaw Festival in Canada is staging the novelist’s 1901 script, discovered only a few years ago. But how to get its mix of satire and melodrama just right?
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Book Review: ‘Happiness Falls,’ by Angie Kim
In Angie Kim’s new novel, “Happiness Falls,” Adam Parson’s wife and children question everything they thought they knew about him.
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Book Review: ‘The Breakaway,’ by Jennifer Weiner
In “The Breakaway,” a woman at a crossroads agrees to lead a cycling trip that turns out to be more than she bargained for.
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Review: “Daughter of the Dragon,” by Yunte Huang
A new biography of Anna May Wong, “Daughter of the Dragon,” is intended as a form of reclamation and subversion.
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