Six works by acclaimed American author William Faulkner will be released in new commemorative editions in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his death this July. The re-issued novels, from The Modern Library, are considered to be some of the best Engli

Hannah Pittard, seated next to a fresh stack of novels with a glowing quote from Time magazine on the cover of each, was signing copies when a familiar face stepped to the front of the line. Kevin Brockmeier, himself a nationally acclaimed writer, was ho

Memory has always been tricky; now that machines remember for us, it’s only gotten trickier. Google has already become Borges’ Fuñes, condemned to remember everything and, hence, unable to determine what’s actually worth saving. Kafka: “I can swim just l

HERE, as summarized by Ari Schulman. The theologian-novelist gave a polemical response to to MacIntyre at a recent conference. And Ari not only offers a tight and astute summary of her remarks. If you scroll down, you can also find his summary of AFTER V

It’s the same in politics: conservatives aren’t so much interested with their own ideas about governance as they are about responding to and obstructing the ideas of their opponents. And perhaps that’s the crux of the issue. Conservative art mimics conse

Jonathan Safran Foer and I are sitting at the table in the back of his kitchen, on a bright, sunny, global-warmed winter day (that is, it's a happy sort of sunny, but I'm pretty sure we should be sad about it). This visit is like any other visit to his k

IN HER NOVELS AND in her nonfiction essays, Marilynne Robinson's questions are always roughly the same: Who are we, and where did we come from? The first is a matter of metaphysics, the second of history. At least since the publication of her first colle

A friend mentioned finding a new, for her, book by Mary Robison. I immediately read Marilynne Robinson and headed to the stacks. Actually I read her blog while hunched over books—in the library. Studying, contemplating and drinking from my half hidden wa

To the Editor: Marilynne Robinson’s earnest essay “The Book of Books” (Dec. 25) reminds me of a line by Spencer Tracy in “Inherit the Wind”: “The Bible is a book. It’s a good book, but it’s not the only book.” One must remember, the Old Testament is base

The forthcoming big books of 2012 include Katherine Boo, with, at last, that nonfiction book (the blurbs are wild!) and Marilynne Robinson—though with essays, not, of course, a new novel. There are a couple of other solid books on the docket, but honestl

1. When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays by Marilynne Robinson: “In this new collection she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature. Cl

It is a must read for anyone interested in the ways art and literature—consciously or not—take up biblical visions of life and reality, putting flesh on its bones, "the deepest impulse of our literature." Or for anyone interested in the ways art and lite

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December 23, 2011, 12:45 pm By JOHN WILLIAMS In this Sunday’s Book Review, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson considers the debt that Western literature owes to the Bible. Ms. Robinson writes: The great assumption of literary realism

Listen to previous podcasts from the Book Review. In this Sunday’s Book Review, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson considers the debt that Western literature owes to the Bible. Ms. Robinson writes: The great assumption of literary rea

As winter comes to an end in Housekeeping, the town of Fingerbone is devastated by a major flood, which author Marilynne Robinson describes with both humor and subtle biblical undercurrents. When the banks of the lake are overwhelmed, not even the Foster