Publishing Catholic Voices with Mary Finnegan, Deputy Editor at Wiseblood Books
Risking Enchantment
"We are watchful for works written in a contemporary idiom that yet reach the roots of fundamental questions, that honor the almost three-thousand-year-long conversations committed to these questions, and that incite our hunger for the splendor of truth." Masthead for Wiseblood Books We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Mary Finnegan, deputy editor at Wiseblood Books, a small Catholic press which fosters works of fiction, poetry, and philosophy. In our episode today we discuss the process of publishing, how to strive for excellent in craft while encouraging new writers, and publishing as a vocation. We dive into Dana Gioia's essay "The Catholic Writer Today" and address the problems facing Catholic writing and publishing in our current times. Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Mary Finnegan Follow us on social media: @seekingwatson @maryraphaela Follow the podcast on Instagram: @riskingenchantmentpodcast Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com Sign up for our email list at www.rachelsherlock.com/podcast Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod Wiseblood Books: https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/ University of St Thomas: Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing Dappled Things: https://www.dappledthings.org/ Works Mentioned "The Catholic Writer Today" by Dana Gioia - Article in First Things The Catholic Writer Today by Dana Gioia - Monograph by Wiseblood Mystery and Manners by Flannery O'Connor "Christianity and Poetry" by Dana Gioia - Article in First Things Christianity and Poetry by Dana Gioia - Monograph by Wiseblood Under Satan's Sun by Georges Bernanos The Demons: A Double-Volume Novel by Heimito von Doderer Seneca: The Madness of Hercules, Translated and Introduced by Dana Gioia Memory's Abacus: Poems by Anna Lewis Painting Over the Growth Chart: Poems, by Dan Rattelle Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas How to Think Like a Poet by Ryan Wilson What We're Enjoying at the Moment "A Theology of Fiction" by Cassandra Nelson The End of the Affair by Graham Greene