\n<\/p>\n
Mar 24, 2020<\/p>\n
This episode features two young Catholic publishers who are
\ndoing cutting-edge work to preserve and carry forward the Catholic
\nliterary legacy, building on the accomplishments of the great
\nCatholic writers of the 20th century in particular.<\/p>\n
The first guest is Joshua Hren, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Besides introducing us to the Wiseblood catalogue, Joshua talks The second guest is John Emmet Clarke, Editor-in-Chief of Cluny A recurring theme in both interviews is the influence of \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n Joshua Hren<\/strong><\/p>\n [4:11] The upcoming Colosseum Summer Institute, a workshop for [9:25] The necessity of \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d in fiction<\/p>\n [12:59] The mission of Wiseblood Books: \u201cWide-eyed for [15:55] Using short-form publications to generate interest in [18:10] Dana Gioia\u2019s crucial support and encouragement<\/p>\n [21:48] Michael O\u2019Brien\u2019s writings for Wiseblood about the [24:59] Wiseblood\u2019s newest novel: Samuel Hazo\u2019s If Nobody [27:20] Wiseblood\u2019s residency program bringing promising [32:22] Apologia for the role of a fiction editor<\/p>\n [42:43] Joshua’s conversion and marriage story<\/p>\n [50:41] Joshua\u2019s fiction writing: Stream-of-consciousness, [1:05:30] Examining \u201cChrist-haunted fiction\u201d in his How to [1:13:43] The dominance of Flannery O\u2019Connor in our awareness of [1:18:24] Is there a narrowness to O\u2019Connor\u2019s focus on uniquely \u00a0<\/p>\n John Emmet Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n [1:26:18] The mission of Cluny Media: promoting the 20th-century [1:29:46] The process of republishing out-of-print works<\/p>\n [1:32:39] Showing the hidden lineage of well-known Catholic [1:41:10] Scholarly works of Ven. Sheen<\/p>\n [1:42:21] New works published by Cluny<\/p>\n [1:44:09] Cluny’s connections to the Dominican Order<\/p>\n [1:46:18] A family business; looking to the past for directions [1:49:06] Cluny’s distribution partnerships with parishes<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Cluny has made a discount offer available to Catholic Culture All of Wiseblood\u2019s offerings are discounted if purchased Colosseum Summer Institute https:\/\/www.colosseuminstitute.com\/summer-institute.html<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wiseblood Books mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ryan Wilson, How to Think Like a Poet<\/em> Dana Gioia, The Catholic Writer Today and Other Essays<\/em> James Matthew Wilson, The River of the Immaculate Michael D. O\u2019Brien (contributor), Abuse of Sexuality in the Michael D. O\u2019Brien, The Apocalypse: Warning, Hope & Samuel Hazo, If Nobody Calls, I\u2019m Not Home: The Open Letters Writings by Joshua Hren mentioned in this \u201cThe First Commandment of Fiction\u201d \u201cA Crisis of Curiositas\u201d https:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2019\/a-crisis-of-curiositas<\/a><\/p>\n Joshua Hren has two forthcoming books: In the Wine This Our Exile: Short Stories<\/em> https:\/\/angelicopress.org\/product\/this-our-exile\/<\/a><\/p>\n Middle-Earth and the Return to the Common Good: J.R.R. Cluny Media books mentioned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Lyra Martyrum: The Poetry of the English Martyrs, Fran\u00e7ois Mauriac https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/?s=mauriac<\/a><\/p>\n Caroline Gordon, The Malefactors<\/em> https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/the-malefactors\/<\/a><\/p>\n Fulton Sheen https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/?s=sheen<\/a><\/p>\n Augustine Di Nioia, O.P., Grace in Season<\/em> https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/grace-in-season\/<\/a><\/p>\n Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., Philosophizing in Humbert Clerissac, O.P., The Mystery of the Church<\/em> Past podcast interviews mentioned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dana Gioia Samuel Hazo James Matthew Wilson Poetry of the English Martyrs Matthew Minerd on Garrigou-Lagrange This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like
\nWiseblood Books. Wiseblood’s focus is on cultivating and publishing
\nnew works that maintain a high standard of literary quality
\nand<\/em> Catholic vision: featuring up-and-coming writers
\nalongside established successes like Dana Gioia, Samuel Hazo, James
\nMatthew Wilson, and Michael O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
\nabout his own fiction and non-fiction writing and his calling as an
\neditor. He and Thomas discuss issues in Catholic fiction such the
\ndanger of a narrow preoccupation with modern neuroses, and
\nflaunting the secular taboo of \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d (e.g., the
\nidea that white authors cannot write black characters).<\/p>\n
\nMedia. This family business is preserving and reintroducing
\nforgotten Catholic classics of the 20th century, bringing to the
\nsurface the submerged lineage of many of our favorite
\nauthors\u2014republishing crucial writers like Fran\u00e7ois Mauriac, Charles
\nPeguy, and Romano Guardini.<\/p>\n
\nFlannery O\u2019Connor. Wiseblood Books is, of course, named after her
\nfirst novel, though that doesn\u2019t stop Thomas and Joshua from
\nthrowing some slight, friendly shade at her dominance over the
\ndiscussion of 20th-century Catholic \u201cliterary\u201d fiction. Meanwhile,
\nJohn Emmet Clarke says that if she described the South she
\nportrayed as \u201cChrist-haunted\u201d, the Cluny catalogue could be said to
\nbe \u201cFlannery-O\u2019Connor-haunted\u201d in a reverse sense, as they publish
\nmany authors who influenced her.<\/p>\n
\npoets and fiction writers given by Josh Hren and James Matthew
\nWilson<\/p>\n
\ncontinuities of beauty and truth\u201d<\/p>\n
\nthe Catholic literary heritage<\/p>\n
\nApocalypse and sexual abuse<\/p>\n
\nCalls, I\u2019m Not Home<\/em><\/p>\n
\nworks-in-progress to fruition<\/p>\n
\npoetic prose, people under pressure<\/p>\n
\nRead and Write Like a Catholic<\/em><\/p>\n
\n20th-c. Catholic fiction and the need to rediscover other great
\nwriters like J.F. Powers<\/p>\n
\nmodern neuroses? Contrasts with Tolkien and Manzoni<\/p>\n
\nCatholic literary tradition<\/p>\n
\nauthors; Mauriac\u2019s fiction; writers who influenced O\u2019Connor; Fulton
\nSheen<\/p>\n
\nfor the future<\/p>\n
\nPodcast listeners. To receive the discount code, sign up to their
\nmailing list at this link and include\u00a0“Catholic Culture
\nPodcast”\u00a0in the Affiliation tab of the form. http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gNrNq1<\/a><\/p>\n
\ndirectly from their website: http:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/p97\/How_to_Think_Like_a_Poet%2C_by_Ryan_Wilson.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/c4\/Wiseblood_Essays_.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nConception<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/p96\/The_River_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCatholic\u00a0 Church<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.divineprovidencepress.com\/store\/p10\/Abuse_of_Sexuality_in_the_Catholic_Church_%28Shipping_Included%29.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nConsolation<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/p93\/The_Apocalypse%3A_Warning%2C_Hope%2C_%26_Consolation.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nof Bim Nakely<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/p98\/IF_NOBODY_CALLS%2C_I%27M_NOT_HOME%3A_THE_OPEN_LETTERS_OF_BIM_NAKELY%2C_by_Samuel_Hazo.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nepisode:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/03\/the-first-commandment-of-fiction<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPress<\/em>, his second collection of short stories, from Angelico
\nPress, and How to Read and Write Like a Catholic<\/em>, from TAN
\nBooks. His previously published books are:<\/p>\n
\nTolkien and Political Philosophy<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07K81KLQ5\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1<\/a><\/p>\n
\n1503-1681<\/em> https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/lyra-martyrum\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFaith<\/em> https:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/philosophizing-in-faith\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.clunymedia.com\/product\/the-mystery-of-the-church\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-44-catholics-need-poetry-but-do-we-want-it-dana-gioia\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-28-introduction-to-maritains-poetic-philosophy-samuel-hazo\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-57-river-immaculate-conception-james-matthew-wilson\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/ep-69-poetry-english-martyrs-benedict-whalen\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-38-sacred-monster-matthew-k-minerd\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthe show, please consider supporting us!\u00a0http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n