FICTION
Writing fiction is a way of thinking. Thinking through stories—through character, plot, place, and time—carries writer and reader beneath received narratives into the truer complexity of things. And the sense of transportation we experience within true fictions can free reader and writer from the jail of the sole self. That's why even the saddest stories cheer me up; even tragedy well-told brings the reader into human connections. And because good stories defy formula, they have the capacity to surprise—to remind us that the world is full; that history does more than repeat itself; and that our lives, therefore, can be large, open, and renewed.
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THE MADHOUSE NUDES has been selected by the new Lutheran Writers Project as an initial selection for its Lutheran Writers Book Club.
Read an interview with Robert Schultz about this selection (“How do you feel about being labeled a ‘Lutheran Writer?'” etc.), and download discussion materials at http://www.lutheranwriters.org/Book_Club_Selections.html .
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Critical Praise for The Madhouse Nudes
(Audio Clip) Interview with Robert Schultz on Public Radio WVTF-FM's "Studio Virginia"