Christian Wiman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 320 pages
Published December 5, 2023
“By ‘against’ in the subtitle of this book, I don’t mean to imply a ‘position,’” Christian Wiman clarifies, adding later, “Despair is too much to turn one’s attention to, so most of us turn away.” Wiman does the opposite in these pages: he pushes against despair by refusing to look away, acknowledging its complexity and avoiding tidy...
