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It Strikes a Blank Wall: William Demby's "The Catacombs"
I gave this talk in 2013.
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The Light of Tabor
I wrote all of the below before the murder, and ongoing slander, of Renee Good, whose last name seems like one of God’s little attempts to slap us…
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This Semester's Manifesto
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It's Banal to Say, But Last Year Sucked
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2026 Book Preview! The Rest of the Year (in brief)
What you most need to know about the rest of the year is that, so far, there is no announcement regarding Marilynne Robinson’s Exodus book.
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2026 Book Preview! January-February
Longtime readers know that I do two of these a year.
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