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Is contemporary (fiction) writing getting worse?

Nadya Williams   |  September 9, 2024

Tyson Duffy’s essay on why fiction is getting worse is a worthwhile read.

Cormac McCarthy inspires a consequential question: What is the worth of holy awe?

John Fea   |  June 16, 2023

One of America’s great novelists passed away this week. Here is National Public Radio: Cormac McCarthy, one of the great novelists of American literature, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 89. His […]

Jonathan Franzen understands 1970s Christian youth culture

John Fea   |  March 15, 2022

I finished Jonathan Franzen’s novel Crossroads over the weekend. I don’t read too much fiction, but this was a book I couldn’t put down. Perhaps I will write a review of it when I get the time, but for now […]