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Books for the subversive work of being human.

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Congratulations to Kathleen Kilcup on the release of her debut memoir! Between the Light and Me: A Memoir of Beauty and Violence is now available wherever fine books are sold. 💙 #HereBelowBooks

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Charlotte Donlon: “And here’s one thing that’s true for all writers: moving toward more freedom in your writing practice and your creative identity is always a good idea. Always.” Read more and preorder Spiritual Direction for Writers by Charlotte Donlon here: https://loom.ly/9vc74rA

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“Written with unusual sensitivity and unflinching honesty, [this] is a story of aching loss and gritty resilience, of brokenness, beauty, and hope.”  —Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne Cover reveal coming next week. #HereBelowBooks

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“A Place of Encounter is the testimonial of a great thinker who for decades seems to have thought by teaching, as poets think by writing. —Shane McCrae, author of The Many Hundreds of the Scent #HereBelowBooks #CoverReveal

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“This memoir is both devastating and gorgeous. Kilcup tells an unflinching story of longing, both for God and for human connection, and the human frailty—what the author calls sin—that gets in the way. —Joanna Eleftheriou, author of This Way Back

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Between the Light and Me “is a propulsive, harrowing, and ultimately ennobling book. Kathleen Kilcup has been to the abyss and back.” —Christian Wiman, author of Zero at the Bone Cover reveal coming next week.

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#HereBelowBooks champions books for readers whose journeys don’t map neatly onto well-worn paths. We curate beautiful, ambitious writing and foster good-faith conversations about the subversive work of being human. Curious. Restless. Paying attention.

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Q: What does “Here Below” mean? A: Our name was inspired by a line from Marilynne Robinson’s The Death of Adam where she writes, “With all respect to heaven, the scene of miracle is here, among us.” [Continued in the comments] #HereBelowBooks

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And perhaps good theology doesn’t always look up, but looks around. And maybe humanism — including its most secular forms — can be rightly regarded as a devotional project around which all people of good faith — believers and unbelievers and everyone in between — can gather.

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Q: What does “Here Below” mean? A: Our name was inspired by a line from Marilynne Robinson’s The Death of Adam where she writes, “With all respect to heaven, the scene of miracle is here, among us.” [Continued in the comments] #HereBelowBooks

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I hear in that a few different ideas. One of them is the reminder that in Robinson’s Christian tradition, God not only created the material world — he decided to take on a body and become human out of love for his creation.

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Our logo comes from a simple practice: learning how to look. Artist Corita Kent once sent students into the world with empty slides—small frames meant to help them notice what usually goes unseen. The lesson: attention makes the ordinary extraordinary. #HereBelowBooks begins there.

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