"You have to make your vision apparent by shock – to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.” - FOC
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined April 2011
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Very excited to say that my new book "Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction" is now available for pre-order from Fordham University Press
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This March, join the Jesuit Media Lab for "Lenten Fridays with Flannery," a four-week seminar on Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth. @moc
Register: ow.ly/rJSo50USzVc
Whatever these next four years have in store for us, reading Saunders reminds us to seek out mystery and embrace empathy, sacrifice and love. jesuitmedialab.org/the-spiri…
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“The Mythmakers,” a joint biography of J.R.R. #Tolkien and #CSLewis by @hendrixart, shows how their friendship helped them achieve the fullness of their creative capacities, writes @moc.
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Here is something I wrote in response to one of my favorite books of the year (The Mythmakers, John Hendrix's book on CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien)
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Hope the David Foster Wallace (and George Saunders) folks move the conversations over to the new (better) place, where I am moconnell.bsky.social - come find me!
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On All Souls' Day, @moc shares why he walks in cemeteries: "It is good to spend time among the dead; to pray for them and ask for prayers in return. So this November, perhaps you can seek out a quiet graveyard, and say a prayer for the souls of the dead." jesuitmedialab.org/why-i-wal…
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walk-off HR while trailing, WS history:
2024 Freddie Freeman
1993 Joe Carter
1988 Kirk Gibson
“We're all gonna be dead soon, and it really doesn't matter anymore, so there's zero pressure.” - Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla, dropping a seasonally appropriate memento mori
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RIP Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian shanty town priest and later Dominican friar, prophet of the poor, whose Theology of Liberation in 1971 reshaped contemporary theology. He has died aged 96 in Lima. larepublica.pe/politica/actu…
New John Green is coming 🎉🎉
Hi! My new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out March 18th. I'm signing 100,000 copies of it. You can preorder your signed copy today at everythingistb.com or wherever books are sold.
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New piece in @believermag about the Cedar-Riverside Warriors, a badass crew of #Somali hoopers. Probably the most fun I've had working on a story. A hilarious & inspiring group of guys - part of what makes #Minneapolis great (again).
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Yet there was resistance to this coupling of theology and literature in the English departments of Catholic colleges and universities, a resistance that is still present in many places …
--Angela O’Donnell
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The Ignatian Creators Summit brings together a diverse group of writers, artists and more, formed in the Ignatian tradition, for a few days of retreat and creativity.
Watch this video to learn more: ow.ly/AGcL50TN6Zg
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they let me write the headline theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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Really looking forward to teaching Saunders - 6 weeks, one or two stories per week - designed for folks who don’t have a ton of free time but want to carve out a space for meaningful reading and discussion
This month, join the Jesuit Media Lab for the online seminar "George Saunders as Catholic Storyteller." In this six-week asynchronous course with Michael O’Connell (@moc), you'll immerse yourself in Saunders' short stories.
Register: ow.ly/ATqk50TgSbj
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Just a reminder that in May Governor DeSantis signed a bill removing consideration of climate change from all state laws.
As he explained, ‘I’m not a global warming person.’ search.app/KwHpy7ndZg7293QG6
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Wrote a little something for @NCRonline about my favorite album of the year (so far) - MJ Lenderman's Manning Fireworks
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