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Moby-Dick slow read: Why finish the journey? Plus I'll answer any other questions live (opens the original)
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Come read Piranesi with me! (opens the original)
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Dear friends,I first met the great poet in Cambridge. I was working with folks involved in Duke’s Initiatives in Theology and the Arts, led by the inimitable Jeremy Begbie. So of course I took a selfie.<img alt="" cla
The “Theo Effect” (opens the original)
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It has stirred up quite a bit of controversy, the bestseller Theo of Golden: a Novel. Substack has been buzzing with it—the good, the bad, and the ugly.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP5g!
This is not Reese Witherspoon’s book club (sorry!) (opens the original)
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Please don’t get me wrong here.I have nothing against celebrities inviting people to read their favorite novels. I loved it that Oprah used her influence to encourage people to read books that they would not have otherwise picked up. I considered this a boost to my mission, not a threat to it. I also have no problem with people reading novels for entertainment or escape. I’m not ashamed to say that I have favorites I turn to for comfort: the security of knowing the murderer will be brought to ju
Reading is Dead! Long Live Reading! (opens the original)
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Dear friends,It made me chuckle a bit, the timing of The Atlantic’s piece “The Age of Reading is Over”. It came out just as I’ve been sharpening my mission here at Art & Soul, which is to provide space, direction, inspiration, and encouragement for people who want to read hard things together. Not because they are hard, but because they are transformative. R
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