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Here comes everybody.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2008... In response to Paul Elie's article, "What Flannery Knew" (November 21), I have two names to add to the list of Catholic writers foreseen by O'Connor: Charles D'Ambrosio and Alice McDermott. I heard both authors speak at the 2006 Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College. They share a...
Don't forget Mary ... and Alice.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2008... In his article on Flannery O'Connor, Paul Elie writes that when he uses the term "Catholic culture," he "has in mind... mainly literary culture." He lists six writers who exemplify excellent Catholic writing today--five men and one woman, all authors of nonfiction books. Did he consider the...
... and Liam.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2008... I thoroughly enjoyed Paul Elie's article on Catholic culture and literature. Still, in his discussion of Catholic culture and literature today, Elie should have mentioned Liam Callanan. His two novels, The Cloud Atlas (2004) and All Saints (2007), strongly rooted in American-Catholic culture,...
A singular critic.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2008... Kudos to Mollie Wilson O'Reilly for her review of the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of A Man for Ail Seasons ("Fanfare for an Uncommon Man," October 24). I have read three reviews of that production--including the New Yorker's--and O'Reilly is the only reviewer who understands the...
Against naivete.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2008... Paul Baumann's Last Word piece ("Confusions," November 7), which recounted his participation In a panel discussion on whether a Catholic could vote for a prochoice candidate, alluded to his position that overturning Roe v. Wade alone would not end abortions. (I presume he meant in the United...