Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times: Reflections on Faith and the Changing of Seasons

The following is a work of creative nonfiction, a collection of personal essays organized around the liturgical Christian church seasons. The form is one that wanders, that claims no particularly special knowledge or authority--its grounding is in personal experience, and it seeks to make sense of things by asking questions and by telling stories. This appeals to me precisely because, as Flannery O'Connor has noted, if a writer of faith "hopes to reveal mysteries, he will have to do it by describing truthfully what he sees from where he is."

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Kansas

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Savage, Katie Suzanne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Atkins, G. Douglas

• Fine arts
• Creative
• Essays
• Faith
• Nonfiction

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• This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11516

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/7826