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Random Play » Non-fiction
Written by Gabe Knipp
January 09, 2012  0
Non-Fiction Short
| Title | The Wedding Party |
| Author | Sophie Pinkham |
The article in the stately Paris Review begins this way: “As Kim Kardashian recently reminded us, marriage is no longer the inevitable result of a wedding; the ritual is easily divorced from the institution.” The author—a woman approaching thirty—goes on to describe (in ecstatic prose) a fake wedding weekend. Social...
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Random Play » Book Review
Written by Gabe Knipp
November 23, 2011 0
Book Review
| Title | The Sense of an Ending |
| Author | Julian Barnes |
| Category | Fiction |
“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? . . . Our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others but—mainly—to ourselves.”
Julian Barnes’s furtive and masterly book, The Sense of an...
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Random Play » Book Review
Written by Gabe Knipp
November 16, 2011 0
Book Review
| Title | After Theory |
| Author | Terry Eagleton |
| Category | Non-Fiction |
For a book that attempts to move beyond the highbrow theory of the 20th century, After Theory seems so…ordinary. The esteemed professor/theorist/critic/writer/gadfly Terry Eagleton manages to tackle the most popular ideas of the 20th century, and one by one topple them over. In doing so he’s essentially trying to answer:...
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Random Play » Book Review
Written by Gabe Knipp
October 21, 2011 0
What makes a good story?Robert McKee’s aptly titled book, Story, is at first glance a how-to guide for screenwriters. Sure, most writers eschew any sort of how-to advice, but the beauty of the book isn’t that it tells how to format a screen play (it doesn’t) or when to place...
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Random Play » Book Review
Written by Gabe Knipp
September 14, 2011 0
Book Review
| Title | Diary of a Country Priest |
| Author | Georges Bernanos |
| Category | Fiction |
Sure, Diary of a Country Priest didn’t roll off the press in August (unless it was August 1937), but the book continues to resonate and stands as a crucial addition to the literary canon—at least for anyone interested in wonder, faith, and art (and if you aren’t interested in one...
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Random Play » Art
Written by Gabe Knipp
September 09, 2011 0
We like to think of our art as spontaneous. Movies about writers either show them angst-ridden and wondering what to write, or pouring golden words out of their fingertips. Musicians find inspiration in late-night parties and members of the opposite sex. Photographers? Well, no one tells stories about photographers, because...
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Random Play » Book Review
Written by Gabe Knipp
August 25, 2011 0
Book Review
| Title | Beauty Will Save the World |
| Author | Greg Wolfe |
| Category | Non-Fiction |
Of course beauty won’t save the world. That’s preposterous. Except, when we hear Dostoevsky initially dropped the phrase, then we’re not so sure. Like obedient lab rats, we’ve been trained to always agree with Dostoevsky. Even when we don’t know what he’s talking about.
Greg Wolfe—the founder of Image Journal and...
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Random Play » Art
Written by Eric Kuiper
June 12, 2009 0
Art
| Title | Graffiti Art |
| Artist | Banksy |
What makes something art? Is it the intent of the creator? Is it the judgment of those experiencing it? Is it the location something is placed? Marcel Duchamp famously signed his name on a urinal he found and tried to enter it into an art show—he called it “Fountain.” It...
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Random Play » Photography
Written by Matt Browning
January 27, 2009 0
As Americans exist in a world that isn't just at the whim of our needs, but also our wants, a world of not just enough, but a world of abundance. Here we begin to seek significance, to sift through the "abundance" in order to make meaning. In this search art...
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Random Play » Art
Written by Eric Kuiper
January 25, 2009 0
Art
| Title | Transfer of Power |
| Artist | America |
Last week we heard the first sounds of the days to come. Some greet them with relief, and others are skeptical, wanting to see and hear more before they pass judgment. There may be those who feel they have heard this all before, saying it is nothing new, rather it...
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