Read More, Read Well

It's okay to make room for reading literature! Literature and Spiritual Growth with Gregory Wolfe


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Highlights of this podcast include: 

  • How to become an active reader?
  • Why is reading meant to be a communal act?
  • Experiencing renewal through deep attention
  • How is loneliness healed?
  • What is the danger of living in a utilitarian way?
  • Why are we so stressed out? What is the remedy?
  • What uplifts me is not just a sitcom or happy ending?
  • What really uplifts me?
  • Why do women read more than men?
  • Women are in the trenches of daily experience.
  • Gregory Wolfe is a writer, teacher, editor, and publisher. In 1989 he founded Image—one of America’s leading literary journals, which he edited for thirty years. He was also the founding director of the Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing program.

    Wolfe brings to the position more than three decades of experience as an editor, publisher, writer, teacher, and thought leader in the realms of art, literature, and religion.

    Wolfe is the founder of Image—one of America’s leading literary journals, which he edited for thirty years. He was also the founding director of the Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing program. Wolfe’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Washington PostWall Street JournalFirst ThingsCommonweal, and America. In 2005 he was a judge for the National Book Awards. His books include Beauty Will Save the WorldIntruding Upon the Timeless, and The Operation of Grace. He is married to the novelist, Suzanne M. Wolfe. They are the parents of four grown children and live in Richmond Beach, Washington.



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