Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson is a novelist and essayist. Her recent books are Lila: A Novel and The Givenness of Things: Essays. She is professor emeritus at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

This Cruel Parody of Representation

This Cruel Parody of Representation This Cruel Parody of Representation

Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party has acted decisively on urgent problems by not acting at all.

Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Marilynne Robinson

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

Obama is ours, in the deep sense that Lincoln is ours.

Dec 5, 2016 / Feature / Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson

Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible

Why we shouldn’t let neuroscience banish mystery from human life.

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson

Mercury

Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist

Punitive yet salvific, austerity is the ideology of a country that has turned against its own culture.

Nov 9, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson

Risk the Game: On William James

Risk the Game: On William James Risk the Game: On William James

For William James, all our certitudes depend on the pretense that there are no radical mysteries underlying them.

Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson

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