Rabbit Room Listening Party – Andy Gullahorn

There’s a listening party going on over at The Rabbit Room today for Andy Gullahorn’s new album, Beyond the Frame. I heard the song that inspired the title almost a year ago – “Grand Canyon,” the first thing I ever heard from Andy – and it has remained with me since. If the rest of the album is half as good […]

Hogwarts and Higher Ed

The other night I hopped on to Twitter and saw this: @ayjay: Surely someone has done the McSweeney’s piece about adjuncting at Hogwarts, yes? It went uphill from there; a whole thread of conversation instigated by Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Literature at Baylor University. If you like Harry Potter, have worked in higher education, and generally enjoy funny-ness, go check […]

The Cry of the Artist

“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost!” –Babette’s Feast *** I came to Babette’s Feast eagerly. I’d seen it years before – multiple times. I’d studied it in a course and given a presentation on it. I’d read the short story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), perhaps […]

New Post at Greener Trees

I’ve been taking part in a great book discussion group this summer. We’re reading Jeffrey Overstreet’s book, Through a Screen Darkly. This week I wrote a guest post to host the conversation over at Greener Trees. Here’s a snippet: There is power in great beauty. Beauty heals, it soothes, it allures, it inspires. And when we see it, in a film, in […]