REMEMBERING GERMANY'S PAST; REFLECTING ON THE PRESENT

It’s a standard move in the last 10 days – has it really been only ten days?

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POWER OF GREAT FICTION

Agnes Callard:
All fiction offers up the possibility of escape from everyday life, but great fiction allows us to explore what we otherwise look away from.

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QUOTIDIAN LIFE IN THE MIDST OF TURMOIL

Or perhaps I could call this post “How does one live in a world that seems to be falling apart?

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WHAT TO SAY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY?

I’ve struggled to write this post. What to say on a day like today? Of course there are so many things I might say about the day because of its significance – after all, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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COMPLICATIONS IN SAGEN'S PALE BLUE DOT

Samantha Harvey:
(I’m not sure how much of the power in this text will survive my ripping it out of context, but I can’t resist the urge to put it here.

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WRITING FOR CLARITY, BUT NOT TOTAL CLARITY

Thomas Merton:
“I am still trying to find out: and that is why I write.”

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