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Highsmith and God

“If one has enough sense of guilt, it is not necessary to belong to a church,” said Patricia Highsmith (who sang in her church choir until age 37).

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Granta’s hybridity

At Bookninja, Granta editor John Freeman explains why his introduction to the Work issue is in video form.

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Quick preview of the Walker Percy documentary

  This trailer for Win Riley’s Walker Percy documentary announces that the film is coming soon. The New Orleans launch and screening are scheduled for March 10, at Loyola’s Walker Percy Center. (Via.) Percy’s first novel, The Moviegoer, is one of my favorites. See, previously: Walker Percy kept his accent, and in defense of Big Ideas in fiction.

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