There are any number of excellent books about sports that shine a spotlight on particular teams or seasons or even players, but Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski’s “Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love” is the new standard for celebrating the multifaceted nature of fandom itself.
Michael O’Connell
Michael O’Connell is a writer, editor and teacher who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. He is the author of Startling Figures: Encounters With American Catholic Fiction, editor of Conversations With George Saunders and co-editor of The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies.
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George Saunders loves telling ghost stories
George Saunders’s place among the best living American writers is secure. And while Saunders is not often included in discussions of the best Catholic writers, in both his upbringing and his thematic concerns, his work fits solidly in the Catholic literary tradition.
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Review: the catholic Catholic imagination of John Darnielle & the Mountain Goats
John Darnielle’s ‘This Year: 365 Songs Annotated’ collects lyrics from, and brief reflections on, 365 different Mountain Goats songs. Catholicism saturates his lyrics, which include references to saints, heretics, the rosary and the Bible.
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A summit for Catholic creators: Art, community and spirituality
The Ignatian Creators Summit is a unique blend of professional conference, artistic workshop and spiritual retreat.
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David Foster Wallace, A.I. and the future of the humanities
Twenty years ago, David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most widely shared and admired graduation speeches of all time. It still rewards close analysis.