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If you’re wondering whether you can preorder a new picture book for young girls drawn from the writings of St. Therese of Lisieux—whose feast the Church celebrates today—before a formal announcement is made about said preorder…the answer is yes, you can. osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/god-s-…

Happy publication day, Joshua! I'm looking forward to reading this book, and recommend everyone read Infinite Regress and Joshua's two books of stories as well.

I'm a huge fan of George Saunders. But I think "Love Letter" is possibly the worst story he's written. I don't think it lives up to his own stated standards of complexity or the demands of art. But, I could be wrong. newyorker.com/podcast/fictio…

An excellent essay from John Nagy about the state of American politics.

Great Lakes Review Eric Cyr I enjoyed reading LAVENDER, in GREAT LAKES REVIEW, by ERIC CYR, so much that I linked it to my WEEKEND READS site shawnbrinkauthor.wordpress.com/weekend-reads/. Hopefully, this will draw additional readers. – Cheers! Shawn D. Brink, Author

Working on my last ever essay for James Matthew Wilson and the MFA at UST.

With grateful thanks for, and some thoughts about, the songs of Mike Mangione Joe Pug Mark Shiiba and Clem Snide:

In honor of one of my favorite saints, the Dumb Ox, who died in Fossanova and probably would have loved bossa nova if he'd ever heard it, I assume. Check out the full bossa version from my band Cyr and the Cosmonauts as well.

Congrats to Katy Carl heading up this new imprint! Can't wait to see what books we'll see from them!

I read this book to my daughter today. Did not expect to tear up while I read it, but here we are - such a beautiful book to get to share with her. Congratulations and well done, Lindsay Schlegel! Everyone else, go buy a copy!

I had the chance to review Sally Thomas's book of stories, published by Wiseblood Books, for the newest issue of Dappled Things (in which I also have the joy of having a story published) Short version: buy this book! dappledthings.org/reviews/seen-k…

Thanks for sharing, Mary!

Here's a sneak peek of our Candlemas issue, which should be arriving in your mailboxes with gorgeous artwork from Emily A. Pastor soon: dappledthings.org/store/p/candle…

Reading Fancy Nancy and came across this mudraking. The voice of James Matthew Wilson began ringing in my head and I undertook a brief tirade, contractually required of me by the MFA at UST, to my six year old daughter.

I got to write about Kacey Musgraves's song "The Architect" (which won the Grammy for best country song this year) for Word on Fire. The song digs into some honest searching for God.

Mumford and Sons' new album is worth the listen. I got to write a bit about it for Word on Fire.