>One of the three basic human things from which our writing springs, according to poet, author and professor of literature,…
>“Mrs. Cushman? Is this Effie Johnson’s daughter?” the weekend nurse was calling me on my cell phone from my mother’s…
> Published author Scott Morris says we write to reclaim a part of our life—a fitting tribute—that it’s a strong…
>Okay, I know all you writers and book club enthusiasts have been working diligently to figure out the answers to…
>A friend invited me to go to an exhibit of iconography at an Episcopal Church here in Memphis this month.…
>I really wasn’t trying to cause a stir… I just like to be comfortable. Well, yea, and it’s nice if…
>One of the little treasures I found at Faulkner House Books in the French Quarter recently was this little paperback…
>There’s a thought-provoking article in the June-July issue of First Things by Roger Kimball called “The End of Art.” You…
>If you’re not an Orthodox Christian, what I’m about to say might sound very strange. But every now and then,…
> One of my favorite authors, Thomas Howard, opened his classic book from 1976, Splendor in the Ordinary (later renamed…