Scott Korb, director of the MFA in Writing program at Pacific University, is the author and editor of several books, including Light without Fire: The Making of America’s First Muslim College, and the collection Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Reading and Writing Again: On Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”
Scott Korb reads Zadie Smith's newest essay collection, "Intimations."...
Give Me Love
Scott Korb on Marilynne Robinson and learning to shrink the gap....
Faces of Faith
Graterford’s religious practices are principally geared to help a man survive only in the conditions he currently finds himself. — Joshua ...
Son of Man: Scott Korb on Reza Aslan’s "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth"
“Jesus’ usefulness as a challenge to power was lost the moment Christians first believed he rose from the dead.”...
Bar Service: An Interview with Rosie Schaap
WRITER AND BARTENDER Rosie Schaap has been a friend of mine for more than a decade. In the fall of 2007, ...
Enough and More Than Enough: On Paul Elie’s “Reinventing Bach”
I FIRST HEARD ABOUT Catholic writer Paul Elie’s new book in October 2008, moments before he took the stage ...
