Jeffrey Overstreet
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Novelist, film/music critic, editor |
| Location | Shoreline, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | JEFFREY OVERSTREET started lookingcloser.org in 1996. His first book, "Through a Screen Darkly," was published in 2007. His first novel, "Auralia's Colors," arrives in September '07. (You can order both at Amazon.) Jeffrey reads and writes full-time at Seattle Pacific University, and reviews films for ChristianityTodayMovies.com. His perspectives are also published in magazines like Paste, Risen, Image, Relevant, Books & Culture, and SPU's Response. He speaks about the arts at SPU, in churches, and on radio talk shows around the U.S. His film reviews were celebrated in a front-page feature of The Seattle Times’ Sunday magazine (Pacific Northwest), and his work has been noted in TIME Magazine. Born into a family of educators, Jeffrey grew up in Christian education, from kindergarten through university, at Portland Christian Schools (Portland, OR) and Seattle Pacific. He and his wife Anne, a poet, can be found writing in the coffee shops of Shoreline, WA, or scolding their cats, Mardukas (4) and Sophie (18). Jeffrey is overwhelmed by God's generosity, and wants you to join the grand conversation about art and faith. |
| Favorite Movies | Wings of Desire, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Three Colors: Blue, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The New World, The Fisher King, Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail, Blade Runner, Apocalypse Now (Redux), Midnight Run, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, A Room With a View, Code Unknown, Raising Arizona, Stevie, Watership Down, Down By Law. |
| Favorite Music | U2, Sam Phillips, Over the Rhine, Bob Dylan, The Innocence Mission, Tom Waits, REM, Radiohead, People You Meet. |
| Favorite Books | The Bible, The Lord of the Rings, Orthodoxy, Watership Down, For the Time Being, Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, What's So Amazing About Grace?, Poetry by my wife Anne Maureen Doe Overstreet, Poetry by Scott Cairns, Poetry by Jane Hirschfield. |