Through a Screen Darkly by Jeffrey Overstreet
Synopsis: A collection of essays on film by the movie critic for Christianity Today that decry the many of the knee-jerk reactions that some Christians have against popular culture and the arts.
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Love’s Executioner by Irvin D. Yalom
Synopsis: 10 tales of clinical psychoanalysis by a leading psychotherapist.
Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
Synopsis: A collection of essays by a frequent contributor to This American Life, Details, Esquire, and more.
Fingers Crossed, Legs Uncrossed by Jen Limarzi
Synopsis: A collection of essays by a bemused New York woman whose life might not be “Sex and the City” glamorous–but whose observations are “Seinfeld” acute.
Aspects of the Novel by EM Forster
Synopsis: A collection of lectures given by EM Forster at Trinity College in Cambridge in 1927, touching on all aspects of the novel from story and people to what Forster calls “fantasy” and “prophecy.” Review: A delicious gem of a book. Forster’s prose is gorgeous, and I want to read every book he mentions that I haven’t already. I will be ruminating on what I’ve read in here for quite some time, and this is a book I will revisit many times. Rather than try…