The Writer and Religion
William Gass introduces keynote speeker William Gaddis at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion".
In his keynote speech for the International Writers Center conference, "The Writer and Religion," William Gaddis gestures toward the foggy line between the "ascetic" and the "asthetic", citing his experience with a "pro-Catholic" interpretation of his writing.
Irish writer Eavan Boland speaks at the October 24, 1994 International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she relates the story of a widespread community reaction to a religious phenomenon in Kinsale, Ireland.
Literary critic Heide Ziegler speaks at the October 24, 1994 International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she discusses the co-evolutions of fiction and poetry alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Indian writer Amitav Ghosh speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, he discusses moments of conversion among international writers, illuminating their significance as cross-overs "from one current of modernism to another".
A.G. Mojtabai speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she relates her experience as a hospice worker, focusing on an encounter with a man's granddaughter who refused the offer to "read a poem" on the occasion of his death.