Carlene Bauer

Biography

Carlene Bauer is the author of the novel Frances and Bernard (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) and the memoir Not That Kind of Girl (Harper, 2010). Her writing has appeared in n+1, the New York Times Book Review, Slate, Salon, and Elle.

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5 Books on Faith and Fiction

By Carlene Bauer
ESSAYS / Spring 2014

A Difficult Balance

By Carlene Bauer

Educated to think critically at all times, I’m hesitant to announce a lingering curiosity about the possible existence of a benevolent, miraculous beyond. If you describe yourself as a thinking person, it’s hard to speak of sensing an...
CRITICISM / Winter 2014

God’s Grandeur: The Prayer Journal of Flannery O’Connor

By Carlene Bauer