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?
Read morePOWER 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.
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?
Read moreWHAT 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.
Read moreCOMPLICATIONS 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.
WRITING FOR CLARITY, BUT NOT TOTAL CLARITY
Thomas Merton:
“I am still trying to find out: and that is why I write.”