What Min Jin Lee Wants Us to See
Madame Lapierre came from an upper-class, highly educated family. For her entire life she had lived in the sixteenth arrondissement, close to Passy, and I struggled to picture Father in those spaces. I imagined him sitting on the edge of a leather couch, or always staring out of a window, wanting to be elsewhere. I was relieved he wasn’t from Paris
... See moreSanaë Lemoine • The Margot Affair: A Novel
Just like those first detectives who failed to see the purloined letter right under their noses, we Christians possess a fabulous tool for cultural analysis and engagement that we so often fail to use, a great resource that can help develop winsome, penetrating, and fresh analyses of cultural trends as well as distinctive, constructive contribution
... See moreChristopher Watkin • Biblical Critical Theory
Did you know as a child you wanted to be a writer?
No. I wanted to be a reader. I thought everything that needed to be written had already been written or would be. I only wrote the first book because I thought it wasn’t there, and I wanted to read it when I got through. I am a pretty good reader. I love it. It is what I do, really. So, if I can re... See more
Farnam Street • Toni Morrison — Good, but never simple
