Posted in Criticism, Writing on Oct 27th, 2008
by James Wood
reviewed by John Murphy
How Fiction Works is a presuming title for a slim little book, made more conspicuous by a chapter called “A Brief History of Consciousness.” Oh, is that all? But the book’s author is James Wood, the New Yorker’s perspicacious literary critic, and his Preface quickly allays any fears of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2008
by Ron Hansen
Our longtime blog-friend Rae Stabosz, a Pauline Cooperator who has been instrumental in getting works of Catholic imagination (including Idylls Press books) into the bookstores run by the Pauline Sisters (see the post), has also been joining us in praying for a new Catholic literary revival. It seems that one of the fruits [...]
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