The good book : writers reflect on favorite Bible passages / edited by Andrew Blauner.
"A collection of previously unpublished pieces by 32 of today's most prominent writers shares their thoughts about biblical passages they find personally meaningful, in a volume that includes contributions by such figures as Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff and Ian Frazier,"--NoveList.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476789965
- ISBN: 1476789967
- ISBN: 9781476789972
- ISBN: 1476789975
- Physical Description: xvii, 298 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Who is the snake in the Garden of Eden? : a thought experiment / Avi Steinberg -- Noah / Charles McGrath -- Abraham, Isaac, and us : (and Hagar and Ishmael and Trayvon and Michael Brown, too) / Michael Eric Dyson -- My Father's commandments / Jane Leavy -- He who struggles with God / Alec Wilkinson -- Deuterogeniture, or How I killed my grandmother / André Aciman -- Best Jew in the family / Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts -- Come on in, the water's fine / A.J. Jacobs -- Desert stories / Kathleen Norris -- Book of Ruth / Lois Lowry -- Why Psalms is my favorite biblical book / Reverend Al Sharpton -- A reading of the Shepherd's Psalm / Lydia Davis -- Guilty feet have got no rhythm / James Parker -- Song of songs / Pico Iyer -- Valley of dry bones / Samuel G. Freedman -- Book of Jonah: a postmodern exegesis / Daniel Menaker -- New moon haftorah / Robert Pinsky -- Good thief / Ian Caldwell -- Womb and the cistern cell / Brooks Hansen -- Sermon on the mount / Jay Parini -- This saying / Ian Frazier -- Miracles / Thomas Lynch -- Never quite as simple / Owen King -- Long road home : thoughts on the prodigal son / Tobias Wolff -- Beloved disciple / Colm TóibÃn -- Parables of Jesus of Nazareth / Rick Moody -- A matter of infinity / Clyde Edgerton -- Beginning of the end / Paul Elie -- Resurrection / Kerry Kennedy -- A voice from Heaven / Edwidge Danticat -- Living on the ledge / Lauren Slater -- Bad book / Robert Coover.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 220.6 BLA (Text) | 37810435473052 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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