Overstreet's Books

Yikes. The biggest Auralia sighting yet...

Check out the biggest Auralia's Colors sighting yet. Amy writes: In case he wasn’t aware of it (and I’m sure he is), this one is for Jeffrey Overstreet, whose first novel, Auralia’s Colors, is being published by Waterbrook this fall. The book, which, from the

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Along the Way with Kim Jeffries: "Ratatouille," Patriotic Movies, Storytelling, and More

You can listen in on the conversation I had with Kim Jeffries on her show Along the Way. My part starts after some talk about hip-hop and the West Nile Virus. (I don't think I'm supposed to draw any conclusions from that.) In fact, I'

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"Harry Potter's Story is God's Plan and Our Hope."

Two reviews by mainstream film reviewers have been published: Kenneth Turan and A.O. Scott. Meanwhile, the rest of the reviewers seem to be following the rules that they agreed to follow before they were given the privilege of an advance screening. (It bugs me that I have to respect

Overstreet's Books

Where's Auralia Today?

More people are discovering Auralia. Will you? Read Chapter One and let me know what you think. Some responses will be excerpted and answered at Auralia's blog...

Over the Rhine

First Impressions of "The Trumpet Child"

"I don't want to waste your time with music you don't need," sing Karin Bergquist at the beginning of Over the Rhine's new album The Trumpet Child. No worries, Karin. We need this kind of glory, passion, and delight in the world.

Over the Rhine

Over the Rhine's Free "Trumpet Child" Webcast

Sunday, July 8 - 8:00pm EST... Hear The Trumpet Child in its entirety for the first time, all around the world. Sunday July 8th at 8:00pm, gather the family around the computer and turn the lights down low, or invite some friends over, and open a bottle of

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Cowboy Junkies - "At the End of Paths Taken"

Okay, it's very late, I'm immersed in writing one of the last chapters in my current fiction project. But all I've had to drink is tea and I'm thinking fairly clearly. So I think I'm clear-headed enough to say this

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Specials: Rata-trouble? Remembering Yang.

Jeff Berryman the power of a rat in the kitchen Sean Gaffney points out three serious problems with Ratatouille. Who can argue with such scathing criticism? Okay, enough kidding around. Carissa Turner Smith really does have a problem with Ratatouille, even though she enjoyed it. * J. Robert Parks has posted

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Regarding "Transformers"...

  CrimsonLine over at artsandfaith.com writes: But I watched it also through the lens of my five-year-old son, who LOVES Transformers, and is dying to see this movie. We've downloaded hundreds of pictures, seen every trailer, and he has many of the toys, having just had a birthday.

Faith

Donata Wenders: How I came to Christ.

I read this today, and it made a good day much, much better. God bless Donata Wenders.

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Superfast Reader Reads "Darkly"

Reading is Annie's superpower, and she's focused those powers on Through a Screen Darkly.

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Marilynne Robinson reviews Annie Dillard's latest

Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead and Housekeeping, reviews The Maytrees: "The Maytrees" is about wonder — in the terms of this novel, life's one truth. It is wonder indeed that is invoked here, vast and elusive and inexhaustible and intimate and timeless. There is a resolute this-worldliness

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Wim Wenders' Better Half?

Donata Wenders has a new book. Who? Donata Wenders is the wife of director Wim Wenders (whose work I celebrate in Through a Screen Darkly). And she Wenders has a new book of photography, arriving under the banner of a rave from that great photography critic we all know and

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Doug Cummings on "Sunshine"

Doug Cummings turned in his last batch of reviews from the Los Angeles Film Festival today, and they include his response to Danny Boyle's sci-fi thriller Sunshine. I've heard from one of you that Danny Boyle's Sunshine is the best film you've

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Tonight, the World has Lost a Great Artist

For the last few years, I have been hoping and hoping for another film by Edward Yang, who directed what has become one of the greatest treasures in my film library: Yi-Yi (A One and a Two). But tonight, Edward Yang passed away. Cancer. The news breaks my heart. He

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Tarkovsky's Top Ten

At Soul Food Movies, Ron Reed rediscovers Andrei Tarkovsky's top ten movies. Wow. That's a must-see list for all serious cinephiles. Having just seen The Sacrifice, the prominence of Bergman doesn't surprise me. If I hadn't known that The Sacrifice was a

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An English Professor Reports on Using "Through a Screen Darkly" in the Classroom

Many thanks to Christine Chaney, Ph.D., in the Department of English at Seattle Pacific University, for sharing these kind words... Through A Screen Darkly Through A Screen Darkly

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ChristianCinema.com interview: "Through a Screen Darkly"

Angela Walker at ChristianCinema.com has just posted what may be the most substantial interview yet about Through a Screen Darkly.

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Tina Forkner on "Through a Screen Darkly"

At a writers' retreat several weeks ago, I met Tina Forkner, a novelist who was still dizzy with the excitement of just getting her first book contract. Tina's a storyteller with a poet's eye for detail, and it was a pleasure to get to know

Overstreet's Books

Where's Auralia Today? Report #2: Joel Clarkson

Joel Clarkson writes: Just read a bit of the Auralia's Colors chapter in an internet cafe in Oxford this morning. Can't wait until it comes out. Really great stuff! Reading your chapter in the shadow of Lewis and Tolkien's old haunts was an experience

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"Prince Caspian" Update

My least favorite part of Andrew Adamson's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe... the unimaginative, excessive battle scene. So imagine how I felt today as I read this news in Variety: "Helmer Andrew Adamson delivered a taped message saying that, unlike the original, Prince Caspian will

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Andy Whitman: Music Blogger

When Andy blogs, I end up spending money on new music. Here's his latest batch of discoveries. Beware.

Overstreet's Books

Read Chapter One of "Auralia's Colors"!

Auralia lay still as death, like a discarded doll, in a burgundy tangle of rushes and spineweed on the bank of a bend in the River Throanscall, when she was discovered by an old man who did not know her name.... Starting today, you can download and read Chapter One!

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The Reaping (2007)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today. • In the book of Exodus, we read about how Moses confronted Pharaoh, who was persecuting the Israelite slaves, and demanded, "Let my people go!" But Pharaoh stubbornly refused, even as the wrath of God brought ten plagues to ravage his

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"Breath for the Bones" - Luci Shaw's Memoir

Luci Shaw and John Hoyte are two of my favorite human beings. They are generous, full of astonishing stories from their own experiences, and revellers in great art. I greatly enjoyed Luci's last book of insightful storytelling from her own life, The Crime of Living Cautiously. And now,