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“Their writing begins to sound like it comes from one whole person instead of several competing selves.”
“It’s understandable that many avoid conversations about spiritual life.”
“When it comes to the inner lives of writers; however, we mostly look away and hope people figure it out on their own.”
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“Religion has harmed many; people fear proselytizing; soul language can sound fuzzy or exclusionary; literary culture prizes the secular and intellectual.”
“__________________________________ Spiritual Direction for Writers: Everyday Rituals for Your Writing Life by Charlotte Donlon is available from Here Below Books.”
“Younger adults are drifting away from organized religion while holding tightly to practices like meditation, prayer, and time in nature while a large share who identify as “Nones” still engage in explicitly spiritual activities.”
“Practical solutions could include literary conferences adding sessions on the inner life and sustainable creative practices, MFA programs offering optional courses on contemplation and artistic identity, and residencies honoring time away as soul-tending, not just productivity and word counts.”
“It cannot long for something it cannot name or grieve a father it has not loved and lost.”
“They use language to enter spaces where mystery lingers and invite others to join them there.”
“The need has existed and continues to grow while institutional and industry support keep turning away.”
“Religious ones have shrunk the size of each room.”
“Secular spaces have banned the soul from the building.”
“Literary Hub » We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Become A Member Lit Hub Radio The Lit Hub Podcast Awakeners Fiction/Non/Fiction The Critic and Her Publics Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Memoir Nation Beyond the Page First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Thresholds The Cosmic Library Culture Schlock Reading Lists Book Marks Best Reviewed Books CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill Log In Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads Log In We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing “AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.” Via Here Below Books Charlotte Donlon October 5, 2026 The literary world is finally asking a question it has dodged for years: What can a human writer do that artificial intelligence cannot?”
“AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief, or ethical self-interrogation.”
“I believe every writer has an inner life worth tending, and this is a human need, not a denominational or doctrinal one.”
“We don’t leave craft to chance; we build MFA programs, conferences, grants, and residencies around it.”
“I’m a spiritual director who operates within a Christian framework who meets regularly with Buddhists and agnostics because they have nowhere else to go.”
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