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Article: 'Genesis' II: redactor missing in action. ('Genesis: A Living Conversation' television series)
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- Commonweal
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- October 25, 1996
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I have told you the good news about "Genesis: A Living Conversation" (Commonweal, October 11, 1996). The bad news is a little more complicated, but just as much a part of this rather extraordinary series.
The first problem with "Genesis" is its selection of participants. There are many distinguished and fascinating players on the team: What a pleasure to see, for instance, the reclusive John Barth, one of our grandest novelists (The Sotweed Factor, Chimera), on the show discussing the Cain and Abel story. But, for all the brilliance of his fiction, does Barth really belong here? Does the painter Hugh O'Donnell? Or the novelists Mary Gordon and Oscar Hijuelos? Or ...