David Crowe
David Crowe teaches modern and contemporary American literature at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and is the author of Cosmic Defiance: Updike’s Kierkegaard and the Maples Stories (Mercer University Press).
The ghosts and the not-yet-dead
Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.
Catholic sisters and their difficult vocation
Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?
A novel that charts a spiritual transformation
H. K. Bush's tale revolves around the challenges of a Western academic's encounter with the East.
A president walks into a Buddhist purgatory
The new George Saunders novel turns a crazy idea into a deeply moving story.