For many years now the professional "creative writer" within universities and other institutions has encompassed a range of roles, embracing a plurality of scholarly and creative identities. The often complex relation between those identities forms the broad focus of this book, which also examines various, and variously fraught, dialogues between creative writers, "hybrid" writers and academic colleagues from other subjects within single institutions, and with the public and the media. At the heart of the book is the principle of "creative writing" as a fully-fledged discipline, an important subject for debate at a time when the future of the humanities is in crisis; the contributors, all writers and teachers themselves, provide first-hand views on crucial questions: What are the most fruitful intersections between creative writing and scholarship? What methodological overlaps exist between creative writing and literary studies, and what can each side of the "divide" learn from its counterpart? Equally, from a pedagogical perspective, what kind of writing should be taught to students to ensure that the discipline remains relevant? And is the writing workshop still the best way of teaching creative writing? The essays here tackle these points from a range of perspectives, including close readings, historical contextualisation and theoretical exploration. Professor Richard Marggraf Turley teaches in the Department of English and Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University.BR Contributors: Richard Marggraf Turley, Damian Walford Davies, Philip Gross, Peter Barry, Kevin Mills, Tiffany Atkinson, Robert Sheppard, Deryn Rees-Jones, Zoe Skoulding, Jasmine Donahaye

"The Prodigal Sign" sets out to characterise criticism as a set of prodigal practices that exceed the constraints of primary texts, history, and theory. This is not just because, as Derrida says, 'no practice is ever totally faithful to its principle', but also because critics are habitual runaways -- forever seeking to escape the jurisdiction of their forebears and of the academy. Always on the lookout for something new and distinctive to say about the same old texts or for texts that have escaped the professional attention of their peers, like the prodigal son, they live on their inheritance while trying to escape from their own disciplinary history. This work makes a case for celebrating the prodigal condition and for another escape -- breaking out of traditional constraints towards a hybrid form that combines the critical with the creative.

Taking three terms from the letters of Paul as a thematic guide, Kevin Mills investigates the respective roles of faith, hope and love in language and interpretation, and uses them to uncover and to question some of the key assumptions in deconstructive and postmodernist discourse. Its critical approach to interpretation theory (from Origen onwards), challenges the reader to reassess Pauline categories such as 'letter' and 'spirit', and to re-think the possibility of Christian engagement with contemporary literary theory.

The dynamic mother-son team who wrote "Help! My Apartment Has a Dining Room Cookbook" offers humorous advice and more than 100 easy recipes for twenty-somethings and other novice cooks who want to invite friends for dinner. Line drawings throughout.

This book is my opinionated interpretation of spiritual warfare and is a tactics guide to learning a different way of viewing Christianity. It is a combination of perception and psychology and how it relates to you finding the kingdom of God on earth. Furthermore, it gives examples of situations to be aware of daily and how you should react and why. It is my interpretation of God's Word and the Bible. It elaborates on the role of Jesus Christ, how he plays an important role in human hearts, how he has a desire to enter the righteous hearts of those who confess their sins and pray. Through God's Word in the Bible and the sacrifice of Jesus, we all are redeemed by the blood of Christ, making us brothers and sisters in Christ. This gives humans the ability to call on the power of angels or any heavenly being with an allegiance to God to help them in their everyday lives, which is essential in spiritual warfare. The book also includes the role of the angels, how they have influence over our lives. Your personal praise, rejoicing, and worship of Jesus and God could lead to the power of all heavenly angels to serve God's ultimate plan for victory in spiritual warfare. Perception is going to be a key in spiritual warfare. Basically, one type of perception is visual perception, and it deals with keeping your eyes from viewing all negative stimuli, keeping demons away. It also deals with how God uses signs right in plain view to show you that he is near. God uses subliminal messages, people from your family, random people, and ministers to deliver his Word. The book also talks about Satan, how he makes you feel unhappy because of your sins, provoking bad language out of your mouth, which can lead to evil thoughts, which can escalate to deeper sin, and which can inevitably lead to the capture of your soul. In the end, I show you many techniques on how to combat Satan and how to believe in yourself. This powerful self-help book shows that basic willpower and knowledge of Christ can defeat any obstacle.

"The Prodigal Sign" sets out to characterise criticism as a set of prodigal practices that exceed the constraints of primary texts, history, and theory. This is not just because, as Derrida says, 'no practice is ever totally faithful to its principle', but also because critics are habitual runaways -- forever seeking to escape the jurisdiction of their forebears and of the academy. Always on the lookout for something new and distinctive to say about the same old texts or for texts that have escaped the professional attention of their peers, like the prodigal son, they live on their inheritance while trying to escape from their own disciplinary history. This work makes a case for celebrating the prodigal condition and for another escape -- breaking out of traditional constraints towards a hybrid form that combines the critical with the creative.