This week’s New Yorker, the summer fiction issue, has a number of pieces worth checking out. First, there are short “Faith & Doubt” essays by fiction writers (including my favorite writer on the planet, George Saunders). In addition to Saunders’ piece, Uwem Akpan’s “Communion,” is highly recommended.
Also, James Woods, a literary critic with a finely honed moral imagination, investigates theodicy and Bart Ehrman’s “God’s Problem” here.
Finally, for you lit’rary types, there’s a story by Nabokov. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style, after all.
