I received this link which I think is worth sharing. The news was so chaotic around 9/11. I missed this story; the video is very moving. It’s about boat rescues at the tip of Manhattan. It is only around 10 minutes long.
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160965/my-totally-normal-crisis A remarkable interview. A remarkable conversation between two remarkable women. I laughed out loud. I cried. Soooooo worth a listen.
Recommended by @foshee07, I have been working through this novel over the last several weeks. It was delicious – literary fiction – the protagonist a turn of the century female author with a mouth and opinions – hilarious commentary and a highly engaging story. Her housekeeper has a daughter and the daughter’s daughter goes on
The news about the forest fires in Maui is heartbreaking. A poem in the Rattle newsletter sent me looking for W. S. Merwin’s palm garden on Maui. Luckily it was not touched by the fire. This short video helped lift my spirits and create hope. We each can make a difference.
I read this some weeks ago and am just getting around to posting. This essay with comments from readers of the original publication many years ago is worth the hour or so it takes to get through. Reading this essay from 1988 feels timeless. I value his perspective and while I write this on a
Today’s Google Doodle honors Altina Schinasi. I highly encourage you to explore this amazing woman – artist, renegade, inventor, designer – who pushed boundaries and trusted her process. I had never heard of her and she was a force to be reckoned with. Trying to hunt down the documentary made about her by her sons.
This is an absolutely riveting conversation between Helena de Groot and Sophus Helle. If you love language, listen. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160688/chaos-reigns
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past was like a mini history course aimed at 20 myths that many accept at face value. Each essay traces the history of the beliefs around topics like ‘Vanishing Indians,’ American Exceptionalism,’ The Border,’ and ‘Voter Fraud.’ If you are curious about why
Desmond is a sociology professor at Princeton and an award winning author. He has a very thought provoking take on poverty. He argues that poverty exists in the U.S., the richest country in the world, because those who are not poor benefit from it. He convincingly argues that semantics confuse our understanding of how government
Seasonal Reading 