Close Reading
Slant Books, John Tuttle, Morgan Meis, George Dardess, Richard Chess, William Cain, Peggy RosenthalThe official @slantbooks blog.
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Books grounded in a sense of "felt life" since 2013. Slant is an independent, not-for-profit literary press specializing in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, philosophy, theology, and belles lettres.
John has been published by Catholic World Report, University Bookman, Starting Points Journal, and other outlets. He has contributed to several books, including Tolkien & Faith. He, his wife Ellen, and their family live in Illinois.
writer living in Detroit
retired English teacher, Roman Catholic deacon, reader, writer, cartoonist
I am a poet, writer, and educator. I am an emeritus professor of English at UNC Asheville, where, among other things, I directed the Center for Jewish Studies for 30 years.
William E. Cain is the Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English at Wellesley College.
I have a PhD in English Literature. My first published book was Words and Values, a close reading of popular language. Since then I've published widely on the spirituality of poetry in various journals and books.
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