"Fearfully and Wonderfully Broken: Fighting for Faith When You're Falling Apart" by Sydney Bennett
Sydney Bennett graduated with her bachelor's degree from NSA in 2024. She recently published her first book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Broken, which we strongly recommend you read. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions so thoughtfully, Sydney! 1. How did you first come up with the idea to write Fearfully and Wonderfully Broken? My hands became paralyzed while driving back from a date night shortly after our honeymoon. Within two weeks, I lost the ability to w
May 85 min read
"The Sinking City" by Christine Cohen
Christine Cohen received her BA from NSA in 2009 and completed the MFA program in 2021. She currently serves as the head of the MFA program and has three published works, with her fourth in progress. 1. How did you first come up with the idea to write The Sinking City? Often, my book ideas come from reading another book and thinking, 'I want to do that with my own twist.' In the case of The Sinking City, that book was Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. She wr
May 13 min read
"Calvinist Poetry: 101 Poems from Calvinist Poets," edited by Jayson Grieser
Jayson Grieser is a literature professor at NSA and the valedictorian of the class of 2002. He co-published Calvinist Poetry with Doug Wilson in 2023 and recently took time to answer a few questions we had for him about it. 1. How did you first come up with the idea to curate and edit this book? Pastor Wilson had a lot of the poems already selected. I asked him if I could write interpretations of each poem to go along with the selections. So in the book, you get some of the b
Apr 241 min read
The Reading Room
At the beginning of the school year, incoming freshmen are taken into a dark room, sat down in a chair, and have a bright light shone in their faces as they get their Populi profile picture taken against the background of Tyndale Library’s reading room. The reading room is a multi-purpose room that is filled to the brim with, in my opinion, the highest academia available to the NSA Student: Historical texts in the original language. This collection contains tomes that are
Apr 232 min read
"Rabbit," by Charles Higgins
Charles Higgins is the author's pseudonym belonging to an NSA alumna. We reached out to ask her more about how her books came about. How did you first come up with the idea to write Rabbit ? It started with a little scene: an image of a kid leading a group of friends on an adventure and just “happening” upon some bad guy in the midst of his crime, and stopping him. That is where the not-very-bright but very lucky reverse Sherlock Holmes was born. How did your time at NSA hel
Apr 172 min read
"Deeper Heaven," by Christiana Pinkall
Christiana Pinkall (formerly Hale) got her BA from NSA in 2015, her MA in 2017, and recently completed the MFA program in 2022. We reached out to learn more about her book Deeper Heaven: A Reader’s Guide to C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy . How did you first come up with the idea to write Deeper Heaven ? The idea for Deeper Heaven came to me when I was working on my undergraduate thesis at NSA. That thesis was exploring the parallels and connections between Dante's Divine Comedy
Apr 102 min read