In Silas House’s Southernmost, a pastor grapples with the evolution of his beliefs
…meanwhile forming his own spiritual vision. Justin perceives God in all aspects of the world, a private belief he calls “the Everything.” He feels the Everything in every creature and…
Gregory Boyle offers a lifeline to gang members in Los Angeles
…safe place where the most lost, hopeless, and pain-filled people can be loved and supported into a new kind of life, primarily through what Boyle calls “the Holy Trinity—Recovery, Meds,…
Jeff Kinney talks with Chapter 16 about his megahit series of children’s books that began with Diary of a Wimpy Kid
…failed cartoonist because I never achieved the goal I set out to achieve: to break into the comics page of the newspaper. I’ll never feel like I’m a “real” cartoonist…
Ben Anderson chronicles a year in the Smokies
…than a job. Anderson lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and he takes to the mountains like a lover, following his heart into the primal remnants of old-growth yellow poplar, along…
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco talks with Chapter 16 about his new memoir
Richard Blanco brings a poet’s keen eye for observation and a prose writer’s gift for plot to his new memoir, The Prince of los Cocuyos, which illustrates how cultural, sexual,…
