If you’re looking for contemporary lit writers Mary Karr is a must for memoir. Kathleen Norris too. Brian Doyle’s One Long River of Song but also everything he ever wrote. Sonja Livingston, Addie Zierman, and Tania Runyan are also excellent. Daniel Bowman Jr. has a great memoir on autism and faith. Jessie Van Eerden’s The Long Weeping. Christian Wiman’s My Bright Abyss. So many great writers doing great work!
You might add three Christian lit mags to your list: Relief Journal, Rock + Sling, and Image. Also by L’Engle Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.
Such a good list! I know I'm a little late to the party on this, but another really good book to check out is Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.
If you’re looking for contemporary lit writers Mary Karr is a must for memoir. Kathleen Norris too. Brian Doyle’s One Long River of Song but also everything he ever wrote. Sonja Livingston, Addie Zierman, and Tania Runyan are also excellent. Daniel Bowman Jr. has a great memoir on autism and faith. Jessie Van Eerden’s The Long Weeping. Christian Wiman’s My Bright Abyss. So many great writers doing great work!
You might add three Christian lit mags to your list: Relief Journal, Rock + Sling, and Image. Also by L’Engle Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.
Another late-to-the-party suggestion: John Paul II’s Letter to Artists. Short but packs a punch!
Such a good list! I know I'm a little late to the party on this, but another really good book to check out is Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.
This is the sort of party where late arrivals are always welcome--thanks, Joshua!