Shouts and Whispers

<DIV>Flannery O'Connor once wrote that to the hard of hearing you shout and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures. Some of the twenty-one well-known writers included in this book prefer to shout as O'Connor did while others offer what Doris Betts calls whispering hope.<br><br> Shouts and Whispers contains a fascinating array of reflections on topics surrounding the often-perilous intersection of writing and faith. The authors all agree that literature can help us to be more faithful yet they approach the subject in ways as diverse as their biographies. Some like Katherine Paterson and Frederick Buechner propose models of how literature and belief can fruitfully intersect. Several authors offer insightful metaphors for the experience of doing faith-filled writing while others speak of writing as finding hope in the midst of brokenness. Finally in essays by Madeleine L'Engle Thomas Lynch and others readers are encouraged to make the connection between writing and embodiment translating words into actions.<br><br> While the essays addresses and interviews in Shouts and Whispers are by no means the final word they will provoke rich and nuanced reflection on the dynamic relationship between faith and writing.<br><br><B>Interviews with:</B><br> Joy Kogawa<br> Anne Lamott<br> Kathleen Norris<br> Paul Schrader<br><br><br><B>Essays by</B><br> Doris Betts<br> Frederick Buechner<br> Will Campbell<br> Betty Smartt Carter<br> Elizabeth Dewberry<br> David James Duncan<br> Ron Hansen<br> Silas House<br> Jan Karon<br> Madeleine L'Engle<br> Bret Lott<br> Thomas Lynch<br> Katherine Paterson<br> James Calvin Schaap<br> Luci Shaw<br> Barbara Brown Taylor<br> Walter Wangerin Jr.<br></DIV>