Items tagged character

• A divine calling to deception

  Louise Erdrich's new novel presents fully human characters who struggle to navigate the gray areas of life and find salvation in a contradictory world.

• The emperor has only clothes

  How would the famous story change in a contemporary Western context?

• Writing life

  Is the common idea that the writer ?plays God? a valid comparison?

• Ineffable bawdiness

  Are rock-stardom and Christianity compatible?

• Career anarchy

  On discovering that the question isn?t really what you want to be when you grow up?

• Standing on the docks

  On the top ten in television.

• The Story

  An interview with Dawn Ulmer about her annual story.

• Neither Minnie Mouse nor Wonder Woman

  An overview of the genre and two specific novels reveals changing images of women.