Matt’s debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Red Rex, is here! Join Mandy and Christina as they talk with Matt about the dream, the process, the plot, the characters, the illustrations — and the footnotes.
Christina Brown on the poet’s—
and our—cathedral-shaped
journey toward union with God.
Calvin and Hobbes, and the Spiderman question for all of us…does great responsibility come with great power?
Painting as a Pastime by the
great Churchill: really? Yes,
and Queen Mum loved her
Drinkypoo (recipe included)
Taylor Swift is the most popular musician since the Beatles. And Matt doesn’t understand. So he sits down with a thoughtful fan to see if she can show him the ways of the Swifties.
We all have young storytellers in our lives. How can we best encourage them?
Gianna Soderstrom
muses on the ministry of second
breakfasts -- and the power of
inviting others into our homes.
Creating alongside others
for half a day is a sweet hint of
heaven. Elisa Lambert shows
us how to make it happen.
Christina and Evangeline interview Lancia Smith, founder of Cultivating.
Read a review on Ted Hughes’s Poetry in the Making and pair it with a Breakfast Martini (recipe included).
There is an inextricable link between joy and being known.
You heard you’re not supposed to love the world. You heard wrong.
Matt and Mandy interview fellow Anselm Guild member Jacoby Elliott, who is a musician, writer, and visual artist.
Mandy interviews poet, playwright, and critic Jane Scharl to discuss poetry.
Read a review on Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life and pair it with a High Tide (recipe included).
Matt has never been able to get into Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel Dune or the film adaptations. So he brings Brian Brown and Peter Houk to the digital pub table to convince him of the merit of Dune.
Matt interviews Jody Collins about poetry and why people should like poetry and it shouldn't be so hard to do so.
Read a review on Neil Postman’s Amusing ourselves to Death and pair it with a comfort collins (recipe included).
Is there a purposeful pattern
of Creation across the Canon
through stories of multiplication?
Matt interviews short-story author KC Ireton, discussing KC's work and journey as an author.