catapult magazine

Items tagged fiction

• The big red box

  Can film tell it like it is? A look at Todd Solondz's Storytelling raises questions about what it means to redeem the art of film.

• Writing with the Spirit

  An exploration of the mysterious process of working with words.

• Books 2003

  Looking for a good read? This list has something for everyone.

• Responding to violence

  Michael Ondaatje's novel, Anil's Ghost, addresses hopeless violence but doesn't offer any answers.

• Listening to literature

  A review of Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say): Reflections on Literature and Faith by Frederick Buechner.

• The power of presence

  A review of the German film Rosenstrasse, set during the successful women?s protest in Nazi Germany.

• The testimony of the stones

  A Palm Sunday meditation on the unspoken groanings of creation at the Lamb being led to the slaughter.

• When I was born

  On listening to both the factual and fictional stories that surround us.

• Move over, Sweet Valley High

  A top ten list of young adult fiction books for grown-ups.
  

• Extra copies

  On the complexities of giving out favorite books.

• Standing alone

  A review of the 1974 young adult novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.

• <em>Evil Genius</em> series is conscious techno-fiction

  A review of the young adult novel Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks.

• Novel ideas

  An interview with Laryn Kragt Bakker, author of the new novel Clutching Dust and Stars, about his writing and publishing process.

• The myth of Santa: Fiction or lie?

  A parent's perspective on the man from the North Pole.

• Facts and fictions

  On following the breadcrumbs of truth through the stories of childhood.

• A book that bites

  When a book about vampires overlaps with real life.

• Breath of life

  From evangelical tell-alls to baseball biographies, some books that have stuck.