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6.1 creative nonfiction author Patrice Gopo knows her piece about race, faith, and cross-cultural work isn't exactly the kind of thing you will read and say, "Hey, that's beautiful!"
Read MoreRelief Issue 6.1 is now available for Amazon Kindle!
Read MoreTo do anything worthwhile, I think, poems have to matter—to someone, in some place—at least in the generating of the poem itself. I want to feel like someone cares, even if they don't.
Read MoreTell your friends and family: Relief needs your poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, images, graphic narrative, etc.!
Read More6.1 poet Jill Reid found community in words, and now she is working on a Holy Spirit building one word at a time.
Read MoreIt's Ash Wednesday, and 6.1 poet Angela Alaimo O’Donnell heads to a bar full of Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and others. She has a black ash cross on her forehead.
Read MoreIf you were at Calvin's Festival, you may recognize some of these names. Others are new discoveries for us, and still others are new friends.
Read More6.1 fiction author Joshua Hren describes the role of short stories in a tragic world.
Read More6.1 fiction contributor Caralyn Davis describes her ineluctably Christian imagination. Last week I crunched my way through four colors of cauliflower: standard creamy white; rich amethyst; Day-Glo cheddar; and a white tinged with veins of violet. The web of tailgate markets crisscrossing my adopted hometown of Asheville, NC, allows me to indulge in multihued crucifers. However, when all is said and done, I’m still eating the vegetable cauliflower, not a chocolate bar or a muffin.
Read MoreI wonder. Do the dead touch us back when we touch their relics?
Read MoreWe're proud to announce the authors in fiction and creative nonfiction who will be appearing in issue 6.1. We ship soon, so get yours at the presale price now!
Read MoreRay Bradbury died on June 5 after a lengthy illness. We at Relief try not to be foolishly nostalgic, so we are not "devastated" by this news, as some people put it: the man lived a vibrant, active life and had few regrets. The best way to mark his death is to pay our respects to his gift to us. Following are reflections from three of us at Relief and The Midnight Diner.
Read MoreWe're proud to present this issue's cover, featuring art by Sandra Bowden and designed by Emily Schmidt. We're also opening pre-sales for 6.1 - order now for 25% off our normal price. Issues will ship in mid-June.
Read MoreWhile at Festival 2012 I sent my interns around to shoot a little video. Here are some thoughts from Chris Smith of ERB.
Read MoreA few thoughts from Dave Harrity of Antler at Festival 2012.
Read MoreIn retrospect, the thing that I found unique about the festival was that it was essentially the hub of Christian culture. While there are other conferences around the world that also focus on Christianity, with dozens of speakers sharing God’s truth to audiences of thousands of people, it is at Calvin that these ideas all begin to emerge.
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Web Editor Ian David Philpot shares his experience at the Festival of Faith and Writing.
Last weekend I attended Calvin College's Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand Rapids, MI. This was my second time at the biannual conference. Both times I've attended I've been representing Relief, of which I am the web editor. This means that I spent a good amount of the conference at the Relief table in the exhibitor hall telling people about the journal and meeting people who we have published.
The sessions I saw were incredible! This is in stark contrast to my experience at AWP. Though I only went to four sessions (all on Friday), I couldn't have been happier with them. The first session was called "The Word Needs Flesh: Sex and Faith in Contemporary Writing" with John Estes and Amy Frykholm (a Relief published author). The second session was "From Page to the Screen: Adapting Novels and Short Stories for Film" with Scott Teems. The third was an interview of one of my favorite authors: Craig Thompson. The fourth and final session was Craig going through his graphic novel writing process. I ended the day at Calvin's art gallery where some of Craig's drawings were on display.
Here are some of the snippets that I took away from the sessions:
I also had the opportunity to meet some new people who were very kind, entertaining, and nice from Antler, Rock & Sling (here's a picture a the awesome banner over their table), Word Farm, and many more. I also had a great time meeting some of the Relief staff I hadn't met before, like Jake Slaughter, Lyle Enright, Andy Koenig, and Tania Runyan. Our evening shenanigans were the best I've ever had at a conference, and I was sad that they had to come to an end. Great people.
This blog post originally appeared on Ian's blog. Ian writes fiction, poetry, and music. He prefers tea to coffee, Coca Cola to Pepsi, and only eats yellow cake.
In our daily lives it may be rare for us to find people excited about the same things we are. Our Christian friends may not care about our art, and our artistic friends may not care about our faith. It was different at this festival, though. I felt a strong connection with everyone I interacted with.
Read MoreWe had a spirit connection: a connection in Christ and a connection through our creative passions. As Dave Harrity, director of the Antler writing and teaching community wrote in a post-conference email, "Isn't it wild what the incarnation has done to our relationships? Instant friends with like-minded people."
Read MoreWe at Relief look forward to this event as one of the best times to be had in the world of Christian literary culture.
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