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Image Journal. His most recent book is Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction.See All Articles Sometimes I Never Suffered, the latest book by the poet Shane McCrae, enters a rich literary tradition of angels and still manages to offer a new, illuminating perspective. McCrae’s ambitious work arises from a Christian perspective, one that is not wracked with doubt but steeled in wonder. In an interview published last year by The Millions, McCrae stated, “I find ...

7.  “Charlie,” I said to break the silence, “I was going through some poems and prose pieces you sent me a while back, among which was a prose poem I don’t think you ever published called “War for Peace.” Remember?” “Sure, of course,” he said. “Seems like,” I said, “no matter who’s in charge the circular reasoning political power uses to legitimize itself is always the same.” He waved his hand, and the tree branches on the walls dissolved into a black, quivering mas...

A Connellsville woman’s debut novel will be launched this week in the hopes that the reader takes something away from it in their journey through life. “This is probably not a beach read,” said S.J. Cunningham about her debut novel “All This Was Mission”. For example, the title is an homage to German poet and philosopher Rainer Maria Rilkes Duino Elegies, and part of a quote from the first Elegy, which references coming to terms with human existence. “The reader mi...