Holiday 2013: Writing and Faith

"Winter Sunrise" © Shamus Langlois

Artwork in this Issue

"Matching Gift for TW Donations"
Holiday 2013 cover
"Breaking into Blossom"
"Winter Sunrise" © Shamus Langlois

Revising the Inner Light

I now know that my longing for a higher power doesn’t need to be dunked in spoonfuls of sugar or to conform to anything but the rough inner terrain I’m stumbling through.

—"Why I'm Not an Atheist or a Jellyfish"

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

Editor's Note

Writing and Faith : Why I'm Not an Atheist or a Jellyfish by Martha Nichols

Theme for this Issue

Writing and Faith, About Poetry : A Poet Looks for God by Cherise Wyneken

Writing and Faith, Sex, About Fiction : Can a Buddhist Revise a Sexy Novel? by Judith Walcutt

Writing and Faith, About Poetry : I Saw Jesus—Now, How Do I Write About It? by Jennifer Jean

Writing and Faith, About Fiction : From Mount Olympus to Mount Sinai by Richard Zimler

Writing and Faith, Journalism : An Article of Faith by Jeremiah Horrigan

Writing and Faith, About Poetry : Poetry as Prayer by Ellen McGrath Smith

Personal Stories

Writer's Life, Food : I Write, Therefore I Cook by Fred Setterberg

About Fiction, Writer's Life : Wish I Could Quit You by Steve Adams

Memoir, Grief : I Know What Poetry Can Do by Martha Nichols

Trends and Reviews

Book Reviews, About Fiction : "MaddAddam" and the Trouble with Sequels by Karen J. Ohlson

Poetry

Featured Poetry : Carol Dorf: Blessing Myself by Carol Dorf

Featured Poetry : Daniel Meltz: Poem by Daniel Meltz

Featured Poetry : Eveline Pye: Four Poems by Eveline Pye

Art

Cartoons : The Miraculous Birth of The Goat Child by Theresa Williams

Cartoons : The Goat Child's Dream by Theresa Williams

About Comics : The Origin of The Goat Child by Theresa Williams

Photography : My Son Is My Sun by Shamus Langlois

Cartoons : Proust Returns to Paris by Donald Langosy

Columns

Writing and Faith, Grief, Yawping Wild : Breaking Into Blossom by Steven Lewis

Writing and Faith, Nothing but the Toth : Believe in Your Own Stories by Emily Toth

Why I Write

Why I Write, Grief : Old Wool Coat in the Pawn Shop by Paula Hoy