Arts, Books, and Media

In Arts, Books, and Media, we feature book excerpts, book reviews, poetry, photography, fiction, images of visual artwork, reflections on art or on the life of the artist, and other creative endeavors by or of interest to women in the academy and professions.

July 10, 2014

By Lisa Rieck

Poetry: "Asking"

Poetry by Lisa Marie Rieck: "We didn’t think to pray/for rain that spring and summer. . ."

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July 01, 2014

By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Faithful Lives Change History: Book Review

Jennifer Woodruff Tait reviews Marc Baer's Mere Believers, compelling stories of eight believers who changed their world.

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April 24, 2014

By Halee Gray Scott

Dare Mighty Things: Excerpt and Giveaway

Halee Gray Scott shares an excerpt of her book on the challenges of leadership for Christian women.

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January 20, 2014

By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Mothers in Academia: A reflection and a review

Jennifer Woodruff Tait reflects on the intersection of motherhood and academia.

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December 23, 2013

By Katherine Jeffrey

Eva / Ave

Katherine Jeffrey sees a theological symmetry between the first and second Eve, but also the human side of both women's suffering.

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October 21, 2013

By Christena Cleveland

How Divisions Are Killing Us and Why We Should Care

Christena Cleveland shares an excerpt from her recent book Disunity in Christ.

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August 21, 2013

By Mary Amendolia

More than Enchanting: Breaking Through the Barriers to Influence Your World

Mary Amendolia highlights some of the best features of this leadership development book for women.

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June 18, 2013

By Janine Giordano Drake

Trickle Down Feminism Doesn’t Work

Christian historian Janine Giordano Drake is not convinced that professional women's success, as advocated by Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In, will be helpful for middle- and working-class women.

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February 25, 2013

By Karen Swallow Prior

Promiscuous Reading

As a graduate student, Karen Swallow Prior was introduced to John Milton's concept of reading books promiscuously by a professor initially hostile to Christianity.

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May 17, 2012

By Nina Forsythe

God's Subtlety

Do you long to be sure of God's presence? Poet Nina Forsythe shares two of her poems with The Well.

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