{"id":9985,"date":"2015-09-01T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2015-09-01T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T19:11:54","slug":"wesley-hill-eve-tushnets-spirituality-of-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2015\/09\/wesley-hill-eve-tushnets-spirituality-of-humiliation.html","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Hill: “Eve Tushnet’s Spirituality of Humiliation”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

a super-neat piece that connects my new novel to some themes in my nonfiction writing:<\/p>\n

Eve Tushnet\u2019s new self-published novel\u00a0Amends<\/em><\/a> (available as an e-book<\/a> or a paperback<\/a>) is peak Tushnet: there are more quirky one-liners than the best standup you\u2019ve seen, more offbeat metaphors than even Michael Chabon can conjure; there are themes of friendship and sacrifice, themes of recovery and religion; there are gay characters, and there\u2019s even a Christian one (the latter features in an extended scene near the end that moved me as much as anything I\u2019ve read this year). The only favorite Tushnet theme missing from this hugely entertaining romp is figure skating<\/a>, and she makes up for that absence by including a couple of hockey player characters for good measure.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Tushnet has been quietly, unsystematically developing what you might think of as a spirituality of humiliation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013very grateful for this<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

a super-neat piece that connects my new novel to some themes in my nonfiction writing: Eve Tushnet\u2019s new self-published novel\u00a0Amends (available as an e-book or a paperback) is peak Tushnet: there are more quirky one-liners than the best standup you\u2019ve seen, more offbeat metaphors than even Michael Chabon can conjure; there are themes of friendship 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