Festival Pictures: Marilynne Robinson

Robinson (author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead and the National Book Award nominee Housekeeping) is an American original. (Just check out her answer to Amazon here.)

One festival-goer called her interview answers "uncalculating;" to me. She stated her grandfather was a hermit (in Idaho, I believe) and so is she, but in her case she has hid away from modern media. She seems completely untutored by television (Her head always leaned to the right, her answers were filled with pauses and big words, her tone of voice rarely changed, and her facial expression was of constant thoughtfulness.) - & what a shock of fresh air that is. Everything she said was learned and fascinating.

An avid Calvinist, she actively incorporates her faith into everything she writes. If you're not into fiction, check out her essay collection The Death of Adam. You'll have a lot to chew on.

(Andy Crouch, who did a good job but ran out of gas at the end, was the interviewer.)

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