catapult magazine

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• A night with the hunter

  On creating an in house art house with a classic film.

• Grant’s recommendations 12.14.07

  A history of 20th century music and films about the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl and what went wrong with the occupation of Iraq.

• Move over, Sweet Valley High

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

• Assessing risk with eyes wide open

  A review of Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk by Ben Carson, M.D., with Gregg Lewis.

• The tasty tomato

  Pondering a summer fruit in the middle of winter.

• The cultural cook

  On exploring culture through cookbooks.

• Kirstin’s recommendations 2.22.08

  Collage in the music of Liz Janes, the dissolution of racial prejudice in Monster’s Ball and cultural awareness in The Story of the Weeping Camel.

• On becoming an “artist,” pied beauty and art in community

  A talk and slide show from the author's recent photography exhibit.
  

• Wonder-working power

  Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?

• A harmonious confluence

  An interview with Peter Hicks of the band Aradhna.

• Kept objects

  A series of very short essays on meaningful things people have seen fit to keep around.

• Extra copies

  On the complexities of giving out favorite books.

• A chisel to remember him by

  A simple tool can tell a book’s worth of memories.

• Defective connections

  Everyday things can surround us with the stories of our lives.

• The old dishrag

  On the rag that does the dirty work as a reminder of God’s love.

• The velveteen bear

  A childhood gift becomes a constant companion.

• We owe how much?

  Deep remembering may or may not depend on the things we actually keep.

• No rest, no peace in The Wire

  On the broader implications of the upside down world in David Simon’s Baltimore.

• The sacrament of laundry

  Within the folds of clean clothes, a mother discovers something about her own mother.

• The Overflow Room

  The room in the corner becomes a multi-faceted symbol.

• Unlikely places

  Venturing into the graphic novel genre was a surprise both pleasant and difficult.

• Icons and alphabets

  An image on the wall tells several stories simultaneously.

• Doing what I love

  An artist reflects on the joys and challenges of drawing stories.

• Not a lap God

  On the images of God that meet us at various times in various places.

• Ten graphic novels you’ve probably never heard of, but should totally read soon

  A list of graphic novels to check out when you're ready to go beyond Maus and Persepolis.

• Superman: “Man of Steel” or “Stalin”?

  A review of Steven T. Seagle’s graphic novel It’s a Bird.

• Drawing the Story for children

  A review of The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by Jago.

• The tide of trash

  On what happens when conflicting ideas take walks around the same neighborhood.

• Fame on film

  How a medium that is itself engulfed in fame has something to teach us about public people.

• Hemingway in Cubero

  The short tale of a literary stop on a Route 66 road trip.