PositiveThe Boston GlobeAs an essayist and public intellectual, Marilynne Robinson is our contrarian laureate ... Robinson tilts at other windmills of convention in her new book of essays, wearing her scarlet U (for unhip) with pride as she does ... It suffers from overlap, the bane of essay collections. The same deplorable determinists and maligned enlightened heroes pop up with wearying frequency ... Robinson’s keen insights, expressed in bracing, lyrical, and gorgeously composed prose, nevertheless make What Are We Doing Here? absorbing. She also amply demonstrates her belief that the age of marvels has not passed.
