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Catherine M. Wallace
Catherine M. Wallace is a cultural critic with a doctorate in English from the University of Michigan.
"I'm intrigued by the moral and philosophical complexity of the issues we face in our own ordinary lives. We have to make decisions about money, sex, religion, and gender roles. We have to cope with the demands of our careers, with the changing stages of family life, and with the pressures of a consumer culture. Above all, perhaps, we have to decide what matters most in life—and why. I think we will make wise, freer, more authentic choices if we can become more alert to the hidden persuaders and submerged assumptions that permeate our own cultural moment."
She leads writing workshops, and she lectures regularly about new books in a variety of venues, including the Women's Exchange, the
Author of Selling Ourselves Short, Motherhood in the Balance, For Fidelity, Dance Lessons, The Design of Biographia Literaria and other writings.
Christianity Today's Books & Culture review of Selling Ourselves Short