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David Heddendorf
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David Heddendorf lives in Ames, Iowa. His essays on literary and religious topics have appeared in various magazines. He is also the author of a short novel,
The Wrestler
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Recent Essays
The Cost of Knowing One’s Place
David Heddendorf
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July 13, 2018
The first time you read the novels of Thomas Hardy–especially if you read them as a young adult–you’re likely to get a pretty forceful...
In Praise of the Children’s Choir Accompanist
David Heddendorf
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April 16, 2018
Every few weeks, in what I assume is a uniquely Protestant ritual, a dozen small children stand at the front of our church and...
Breaking Through the Screen Door: The Jayhawks’ Hollywood Town Hall, Twenty-Five Years Later
David Heddendorf
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July 31, 2017
A couple of years ago my wife had a minor accident, the kind that results in an older car being mysteriously “totaled.” Before the...
Going Down to Vanity Fair
David Heddendorf
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July 26, 2016
Over a long and colorful career, the phrase “Vanity Fair” has called up wildly divergent associations, while often seeming to mean nothing at all....
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