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Caris Adel

Notes From A Conference, Day 2

Interview with Jonathan Safren Foer How writing and life works – the concerns that tumble around in your head are like clothes in a dryer.  At some point they are ready to take out. These concerns are central to who we are. His books move towards fragmentation – why?  Hip-hop has layers, like collage.  We…

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Notes From A Conference

This past weekend, I went to my first writing conference, the Festival of Faith and Writing.  It was amazing.  I loved eavesdropping on conversations that were about books and authors and writing. To listen to people enthuse about books and words was very soul-satisfying. Here are most of my notes from day 1, from some…

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Festival of Faith and Writing!

I will be at the Festival of Faith and Writing this weekend.  I’m so excited.  It will be my first festival.   I went to one public event 2 years ago, which is when I heard of the festival for the first time.  I told myself I wanted to be at a place in my writing…

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a 36-hour road trip and some churchy thoughts

Journey. Spiritual Journey. When churches talk about being on a spiritual journey, what are they really talking about? ******************** During our first summer of being married, my husband and I decided to take a road trip.  We didn’t have the money or vacation time to take a real vacation, so the question was, what can…

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