Earlier this year I taught T.S. Eliot’s poetry to my college students in the morning and attended WWE’s Monday Night Raw that night. I enjoyed both. I wouldn’t call myself a fan of WWE wrestling, but my 12-year-old daughter loves it, and I have taken her to some of the big WWE events in Los Angeles and San Diego, including …
Why I Don’t Watch Movies Based on Books I Care About
I have never seen The Lord of the Rings movies and probably never will. Whenever I have mentioned this to anyone, the most common response is, “But they’re so good.” The fact that they’re good makes me want to see them even less. Why? I read the books many years ago, and the experience was so powerful that I walked …
Why Bible Writers Would Have a Hard Time Finding a Publisher Today
It is often said that the Bible is the all-time bestselling book, but it achieved that status in a much earlier publishing era. What would happen if the Bible were submitted as a new book to a publisher today? I imagined how an editor trained in today’s publishing realities might respond to it: Dear Writer: I have read your manuscript …