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The Stories of J.F. Powers

The Stories of J.F. Powers

FromParticular Good


The Stories of J.F. Powers

FromParticular Good

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Danny, Heather, and Charles discuss stories "The Forks" and "Look How the Fish Live" by the 20th-century writer J.F. Powers, whose first novel, Morte d'Urban, won the 1963 National Book Award for fiction. Powers applied his gentle satire to a wide range of fictional worlds, but it best known for his stories about the domestic lives of priests. Flannery O'Connor wrote of Powers "Powers and I are, I suppose, the only two young writers in this country who are well thought of and connected with the Church. We both have the same kind of horns." (23 Dec. 1958, HB 309-310). External Links:The Stories of J.F. PowersSt. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (19)

The Particular Good podcast is focused on literature, theology, and philosophy. Our title is inspired by St. Thomas, who said humans by nature are made for particular goods. Elif Batumann, novelist and literary critic, pictures writers as bookkeepers keeping a double-ledger of life and literature, looking at people and objects in life and on pages and saying: what is it? On the Particular Good podcast, our goal is take out the ledger, pay attention, and pursue truth in its particular good.