Review: Purple Jesus

For some like Purvis, Martha, and Andrew, they search not only to escape this sense of being lost, but to find a place where they truly belong. However as Ron Cooper shows us, ultimately it is not about belonging and finding peace, it is the journey that helps us discover many things, the most frightening of which is that this journey can be dark and ugly and may not end in a way you expect. Continue reading

Review: In The Wake of the Boatman

There is a lot of angst in this book. Much of it related to relationships both personal and familial as well as toward gender and identity. Pretty powerful stuff. Let me tell you, this is not a light read. But I enjoyed it. Even though I struggled a bit to understand the depth of the father-son relationship, which is what this story is primarily about. Continue reading

The Beauty of an Essay: Virginia Woolf

There are some who don’t care for Virginia Woolf’s books. Especially her stream-of-conscious narratives such as The Waves. However, besides writing novels, she was a prolific critic and essay writer. One of her most famous is A Room of One’s Own. It is this essay, and many others, that make me wonder why they aren’t more highly regarded outside of academia. Continue reading