Jennifer Daly

Kathi Lipp

This Bible Study guide accompanies Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space.

What Jesus Has to Say about Your Stuff

Clutter Free

Rachel Sykes

Anna Maguire Elliott

Best known for a trilogy of historical novels set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa, Marilynne Robinson is a prolific writer, teacher, and public speaker, who has won the Pulitzer Prize and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama. This collection intervenes in Robinson’s growing critical reputation, pointing to new and exciting links between the author, the historical settings of her novels, and the contemporary themes of her fictional, educational, and theoretical work. Introduced by a critical discussion from Professors Bridget Bennett, Sarah Churchwell, and Richard King, Marilynne Robinson features analysis from a range of international academics, and explores debates in race, gender, environment, critical theory, and more, to suggest new and innovative readings of her work.

Marilynne Robinson

Nahem Yousaf

Sharon Monteith

Marilynne Robinson features 16 new and exciting essays on the noted American author, the historical settings of her novels, and the contemporary themes of her fiction and nonfiction.

"Richard Yates has been described as a "writer's writer" but has never received the critical attention befitting that designation. The first to focus on this under-appreciated author, the collection of new essays opens up his body of work for a new generation of readers and position him as a writer of significance in the American tradition"--

Critical Essays

Richard Yates and the Flawed American Dream

Richard Yates (1926-1992) has been described as a "writer's writer" but has never received the critical attention befitting that designation. Firmly rooted in the zeitgeist of 1950s, his work remains startlingly relevant, addressing themes of American identity, the nature of marriage and relationships between men and women, and what it means to get ahead in a society entranced by a flawed American Dream. This collection of new essays is the first to focus on this under-appreciated author. It opens up his body of work for a new generation of readers, and positions Yates as a writer of significance in the American tradition.

Jennifer Daly

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