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• Consciousness is a terrible curse?

  Adaptation joins several other well-known films in addressing the isolating problems of writing and self-creation.

• Writing with the Spirit

  An exploration of the mysterious process of working with words.

• Passion for art

  Why Mark Moscowitz's Stone Reader is a must-see rental for artists and lovers of art.

• Listening to literature

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

• Off to the Festival we go

  Calvin College's Festival of Faith & Writing offers an opportunity to acquaint new writers and readers with catapult.

• Writing life

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

• I am a writer

  On the sudden discovery of a vocation.

• Wrestling with "Why?"

  What can be seen as extraneous is, indeed, essential.

• I Chronicles 14, and What Is God Asking Me To Do?

  How can a called writer patiently fulfill his monumental task?

• The issue in process

  From driving brainstorms to way past our bedtime, an account of how our issues come into being.

• Naming well

  Reading, writing and creation through naming.

• Top ten art and faith events

  An overview of events worth penciling in to your 2007 and 2008 calendar.

• Icons and alphabets

  An image on the wall tells several stories simultaneously.

• Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal

  Reflecting on identity via a mother's larger-than-life mythology.

• An essay unwritten

  On receiving a call for submissions for the "Women's Worlds" issue of catapult magazine.

• The journey in…and back out

  How a local writers' group changed from being a place of belonging.

• Why I buy books

  On putting our money where our best stories are.

• Confessions of a techno-literary Luddite

  The question of whether Google is making us "stoopid" may only begin to assess what we stand to lose.

• A recall for arms

  A review of Armageddon in Retrospecti, Kurt Vonnegut's posthumously published collection of short stories and other bits.

• Telling the truth

  Personal manifestos of confession and care giving illustrate the world -- shaping power-and the risks -- of convicted speech.

   

• The sound of a calling

  A personal narrative of resistance and acceptance.

• Novel ideas

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

• The curtain is torn, the closet is open

  An interview with playwright and director Richard Peters on his latest work, David and Jonathan.

• Fact vs. truth

  A childhood of gathering evidence gives way to an adulthood of storytelling.

• RESET: The Poetry Series

  Announcing a 2011 commitment to create a poem an issue.

• Writing to remember

  On the loss of love letters in a technological age.

• Dishes on the red sled

  A mother reflectson what she’s learning from her home educated daughters.

• Taking a red crayon to a white wall

  How the students in a free writing workshop have taught the teacher.

• Life changer

  Remembering the pedagogy of Mrs. Schrager.

• Making friends with books

  The evolution of one writer’s reading, from remedial to formative.