Six word reviews

We consume a lot of religion related material here, during work hours and in our free time. But we don’t have the time or manpower to review everything. So, in the spirit of Twitter and the theory that a little of something is better than nothing, we offer these six word reviews. Maybe you’ll be […]

We consume a lot of religion related material here, during work hours and in our free time. But we don’t have the time or manpower to review everything.

So, in the spirit of Twitter and the theory that a little of something is better than nothing, we offer these six word reviews. Maybe you’ll be inspired to check out the book, movie, etc. Maybe not. But at least we won’t have wasted a lot of your time.

Why six words?


Well, in the 1920s, someone bet Ernest Hemingway he couldn’t write a complete short story in six words. He wrote, “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Hemingway won the bet, and a literary form was born. For more six word stories check out this site.

Today’s review is “Nine-headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982,” by Peter Matthiessen, which was published in 1985. Matthiessen, who is also a novelist, won the National Book Award last year for his novel “Shadow Country.”

Here’s my attempt at a six word review.

“Naturalist explores Asia chasing Buddha’s enlightenment.”

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