The writing process becomes an adventure of discovery ... Perhaps the real lesson is that great stories can emerge from any process, provided it allows the author’s authentic voice to shine ...

The great writing prophets of the Bible knew how many ways human life had gone wrong because they knew how many ways human life can go right. And they dreamed of a time when God would put things right ...

It is never an easy undertaking, this corralling of a nation, a particular subject or some centuries of writing within the bounds of a single book. I have given away anthologies that had lofty ...