Last week, Jeffrey Overstreet quoted part of an interview with Sara Zarr, a finalist for the National Book Award this year for her first novel, “Story of a Girl”. When asked why she didn’t make her book safe and inoffensive, why she included stuff like underage sex and curse words, she gave this answer:
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Christianity Today just posted their annual list of what they deem the “most redeeming films” of the year. Here is their list for 2006: