Ben Self, Author at Mockingbird

“Big Circumstance” Has Brought Us Here

An Interview with Bruce Cockburn

Ben Self / 5.19.22

Look on Your Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair!

The Hidden Good News of Ecclesiastes

Ben Self / 2.18.22

Happy Endings for the Undeserving

The Best Fairy Tales Aren’t the Ones We’ve Been Telling

Ben Self / 1.18.22

Susanna Clarke, Willa Cather, J.D. Salinger, Mary Karr, and more!

Ben Self / 12.13.21

Sometimes the Scariest Ghosts Are Our Own

How a Drunken Drifter Finally Made It Home After 22 Years

Ben Self / 12.8.21

When Money Matters

Notes from the Under-Resourced Classroom

Ben Self / 10.21.21

The Lowly Ark of God

Why the Virgin Mary is one of my favorite Protestant saints

Ben Self / 8.31.21

Simply Human: Don’t Believe the Hype

It Might Be Human Nature to Turn People into Heroes, But We Often Destroy Them in the Process.

Ben Self / 8.4.21

Notes From the Mockingbird Book Club

Ben Self / 7.12.21

Being a Christian, in Spite of Yourself

Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood: Notes from the Mockingbird Book Club.

Ben Self / 6.16.21

Notes from the Mockingbird Book Club

Ben Self / 5.11.21

The Spirituality of Solitude

In the Poverty of Solitude All Riches Are Present.

Ben Self / 5.3.21

Ben Self