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Madeline DeFrees -- Reading
Wednesday July 1, 2009
A Catholic nun for thirty-eight years, DeFrees ultimately found that the experience thwarted her true vocation as a poet, yet her life is like a diptych: inside the convent, she sought words that might reach out, beyond a moralistic legalism, to touch the world; outside the convent, her worldly words reach out for a contemplative stillness.
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A Web Exclusive Interview with Nicholas Samaras
Wednesday June 17, 2009
"I approach writing as the translation of one soul to another, the translation of what originates as innate feeling into expression—to render something heartfelt and attain a sublime level of artistry, received by others in an artful, communicative way."
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Barry Moser -- Reading
Monday June 1, 2009
Yes, the core achievement of Moser’s career is the production of world-class illustrations to some of the greatest literary works ever produced, but Moser’s art is not merely secondary; it enters into a serious and occasionally playful dialogue with the text.
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Gina Ochsner--Reading
Friday May 1, 2009
Gina Ochsner's stories make distant things present and real, never exotic or gimmicky; this is the real stuff, about likeable, wounded, resilient people who feel as if they could live next door to you, though they live in the Czech Republic, or Siberia, or Texas, or Alaska.
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Bret Lott -- Reading
Wednesday April 1, 2009
Bret Lott's fiction explores the beauty and dignity of ordinary things and ordinary people. His characters embody the old-fashioned virtues of modesty, hard work, and staying in it for the long haul.
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