Baron Wormser: Doing Great
If a book can be both good-natured and lacerating, Voltaire’s is that book.
January 22, 2023 · 6 Comments
Pauletta Hansel: Joy
When we finally sprung my father from the hospital
after days spent staring at the cardio unit’s
cinderblock walls the color of nothing
good, his joy could not be contained.
July 21, 2021 · 4 Comments
Ziggy Edwards: Childish Thinking
When you badmouth the world and human beings
I sigh and nod like I’m wise instead of blessed.
September 18, 2019 · Leave a comment
Video: “Optimism” by Jane Hirshfield
out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers,
mitochondria, figs—all this resinous, unretractable earth
June 9, 2019 · 1 Comment
Video: B.B. King animated by Blank on Blank
In this animated video by Blank on Blank, B.B. King tells the story behind the naming of his legendary guitar Lucille and talks about his attitude toward life and music. … Continue reading
February 9, 2015 · 4 Comments
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