To Each His Dulcinea

To each a secret hiding place / Where he can find the haunting face.

"There’s a rich and varied tradition of such writers. Flannery O’Connor, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anne Lamott, C.S. Lewis, Kathleen Norris, Reynolds Price, and Mary Karr spring to mind, among many others. What they have in common, aside from their Christian faith, is that they write like motherfuckers: full-throttle, no excuses, with humility and nerve, with intelligence and grace, with exactitude and audacity and love."

29th January 12

DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #82: The God of Doing it Anyway