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.

Recent Essays

Blowing Up the Bert: The Outside Story

David Heddendorf - August 20, 2018

Two years ago I witnessed the abrupt transformation of an old and distinguished literary magazine. For the people doing the transforming, of course, the...

The Cost of Knowing One’s Place

David Heddendorf - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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....