Posts Tagged ‘Burnside Writers’

It’s Been Awhile

Hello, Burnside! It’s been some time since I posted a Letter from the Editor. A year ago, I got the itch to follow a dream. I’ve always wanted to bring Burnside into the publishing world, and advances in book production technology finally meant that goal was reasonable. It’s been a...

September 12th, 2012 | Editorial, Featured, Letters from the Editor | Read More

There’s a Monster In Room 301: Part 2

[Author's Note: This post is the second in a two-part series called "There's a Monster in Room 301". The first post can be found by clicking here].” [Editors Note: The names of the students have been changed to protect their identities]. Before I continue, a little history about me. In the eight...

March 15th, 2012 | Blog, Essays, Family, Featured, Part of the Solution, Social Justice | Read More

There’s a Monster in Room 301

(Editor’s Note: This is part one in a two-part series) A few months back, I had traveled to Boston. Upon flying into Logan International, I took a cab from the airport and happened to get into a guy named Tony’s cab. At first, I didn’t think anything of it. Honestly, I had a million of other...

February 23rd, 2012 | Featured | Read More

Day 27

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from 40 Days Without Food: Divine Goodness to a Starving Soul by Russ Masterson, a Burnside contributor. The book is being released by Tyndale today in a digital-only format through Amazon. — Day 27 155 pounds. I can now see day 40. Half of me loves...

July 1st, 2011 | Books, Featured | Read More

Karen Spears Zacharias, CNN, and the Internet Wringer

A month and a half ago, a friend sent me a .pdf of Go the F**k to Sleep. I thought it was fairly funny because it conveyed the universal frustrations of parents in a delightfully inappropriate manner. I didn’t think it was particularly innovative, since McSweeney’s Baby Be of Use series...

June 28th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

I Write Because

Whether it’s a blogistential crisis or just writer’s block, I’ve been thinking. Teaching humanities at a local community college evokes the spirit of Jean-Paul Sartre, the great French existentialist philosopher. He explored the nature of being. I consider my being a writer. What...

June 25th, 2011 | Featured | Read More

Christmas In the Margins

Editor’s Note: In celebration of the release of, as Larry Shallenberger puts it, “Burnside writer, sage, and smart aleck” John Blase’s first book, here’s an interview between John and the enigmatic Thomas Marshfield. After you read it, go to Amazon.com or Powells or something...

December 8th, 2009 | Burnside Sells Out, Featured | Read More

Everyone Here Is Babies!

Please forgive our tardiness/absence around here lately. It’s been an eventful couple of weeks. We’d like to welcome two new additions to the Burnside family. First, Ava Mae Adams was born October 7th to Jonathan and Kylah Adams. She was 6 lbs 7 oz (Jonathan was kind enough to translate...

November 10th, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Holy Bible: Mosaic

Around a year and a half ago, I was approached by David Sanford, founder of Sanford Communications1 out of Portland. David was working on a project with Tyndale, a New Living Translation of the Bible that would feature art and book excerpts from throughout the history of Christianity, as well as a...

September 25th, 2009 | Books, Featured | Read More

A Hearty Welcome

It’s been an eventful week here on the blog! First, I made some people angry, as I am wont to do. Then John Pattison wondered how to rebuke the largest Christian publishing company in the world. Then a magazine edited by Bill Kristol mentioned us and claimed Donald Miller traveled three hours...

June 5th, 2009 | Blog | Read More