Tag Archives: Dostoyevsky

Thom Jones: The Pugilist at Rest (in Peace)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Thom Jones was not a one-shot wunderkind so much as a career scrapper who banged back at a world intent on beating the shit out of him. Continue reading →

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More Human than Human or, Do Atheists Dream of Electric Sheep?

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Sean Murphy

Your opinion on whether Deckard is human or replicant might offer insight into your philosophy regarding morality, and even existence. Continue reading →

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O’Connor and Coltrane: Saints of American Art

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Sean Murphy

Flannery O’Connor wanted to jolt you with the violent shock of recognition, in the service of artistic if not spiritual consecration; Coltrane wanted to transcend the insanity altogether, altering consciousness through a profoundly moving colloquy. Continue reading →

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On Losing Faith and Finding Myself Instead

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sean Murphy

  AUGUST 30, 2002. I was in a church for the first time in forever. The church where I received the Sacrament of Confirmation. The church where my parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The church where my sister was … Continue reading →

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