New Book from Calvin on Faith & Writing

March 27, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Just in time for next month's Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin comes a
book that features some of the best of past Festivals. Shouts and Whispers:
Twenty-One Writers Speak About Their Writing and Their Faith is edited by
Calvin College professor of English Jennifer Holberg.

The book is published by Eerdmans and due out in mid-April (just prior to the
2006 Festival of Faith & Writing which is slated for April 20-22 and will
feature Alice McDermott, Salman Rushdie, Marilynne Robinson, Walter Wangerin,
Jr. and many more).

All royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to the children's
literacy charity, Reading Is Fundamental.

The new book includes interviews with such celebrated writers as Anne Lamott,
Kathleen Norris and Paul Schrader and essays by such stalwarts as Frederick
Buechner, Madeleine L'Engle, Bret Lott, Thomas Lynch, Katherine Paterson, Luci
Shaw, Barbara Brown Taylor and Walter Wangerin Jr.

Holberg believes Shouts and Whispers offers a fascinating array of reflections
on topics surrounding the often-perilous intersection of literature and belief,
but that they all share a common beginning at Calvin's Festival of Faith and
Writing (which was launched in 1990 as Contemporary Christian Writers in
Community).

"Anyone who has ever attended the Festival," says Holberg, "knows that no
volume could ever come close to capturing the vitality and diversity of these
many conversations. Instead this book seeks to celebrate what is important
about that event: the significant discussions around the intersections of
literature and faith that occur there."

Contact Holberg at jholberg@calvin.edu or 616-526-6598
For more on the book see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/holberg_book.htm
For more on the 2006 Festival of faith & Writing see
http://www.calvin.edu/festival

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Received on Mon Mar 27 14:00:05 2006