"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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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
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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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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
Michael O'Connell retweeted
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…
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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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Michael O'Connell retweeted
Everyone’s arguing about what adults should or shouldn’t read. “Don’t read kids’ books.” “Read the classics.” Read both. Read widely. Read for knowledge and pleasure, read for the joy of a good story, read for wisdom and escape, read for no reason at all. Just read.
Michael O'Connell retweeted
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
Michael O'Connell retweeted
Kids aren’t reading entire books because they are not being offered personal pan pizzas upon completion.
Bam, policy solution
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It’s basically impossible to understand how expensive climate change is and is going to be.
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Michael O'Connell retweeted
When you stop to think about how stupid, how utterly and bafflingly stupid, it is for the A’s to leave Oakland to play in a minor league park in Sacramento for at least three years in the increasingly less likely hope of someday being in Las Vegas, it really staggers the mind.
Michael O'Connell retweeted
Only one more week until @PhilipMetres comes to town for a lecture called "Seeking Refuge, Writing Home." In this talk he will explore what it means to long for home. Join us 9/24 at 7 PM in McCormick Lounge. For more, visit: bit.ly/philipmetres
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Searching for a Good Man: @moc on Stephen King's homage to Flannery O’Connor's “A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and Ignatian Intertextuality. jesuitmedialab.org/searching…