Video: Elizabeth Gilbert talks about finding your creative genius
With wit and humor, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love” talks about artistic creativity, imagination, and fear of success.
Tom Engelhardt: America’s Soundtrack of Hysteria
It happened so fast that, at first, I didn’t even take it in. Two Saturdays ago, a friend and I were heading into the Phillips Museum in Washington, D.C., to … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: The End Times?
It wasn’t the wine that made me ask The Question; it was the conversation over dinner. Since leaving my hometown close to 40 years ago, I rarely get to see … Continue reading
Sandra B. Lubarsky: Toward a Beauty-centric Education
The two statements I hear most often whenever I bring up the subject of beauty are “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and “Beauty is only skin deep.” … Continue reading
William DeBuys: The Wilderness Act Turns 50
The Ahklun Mountains and the Togiak Wilderness within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Let us now praise famous laws and the year that begat them: 1964. The first thing … Continue reading
Fascist America?
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
Who Is Listening to You? By KokonutGrove As a student of American history and politics, in my lifetime I’ve witnessed a dangerous erosion of…
Jose Padua: The Complete Failure of Everything
We got there right before the guy who ran the slam started coming around with the sign up sheet, and as he walked by I said to him, “I’ll try … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Exile from Mayberry
After having returned to Washington I found myself watching television all the time. I’d watch Late Night with David Letterman every night, waiting for him to do one of those … Continue reading
Robin Williams and Me: The Killer Among Us.
The death of Robin Williams makes Greg Mercer, a professor of nursing, remember his own attempt at suicide.
Jose Padua: The Birth of the Spoken Word Demon
I’d been back in Washington for a month when, standing by the magazine racks at Tower Records, I spotted someone I knew on the cover of High Times. It was … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Becoming a Poet
Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a poet, and in the early 80s I began sending my poems out to magazines in the hopes of making the … Continue reading
Jose Padua: How I Tried To Escape The Sick World Of Poetry
The rules were that you had to give your name and occupation before reciting your first poem. Naturally, I tried to evade this unnecessary formality which to me seemed akin … Continue reading
How I Escaped the Drug-Sniffing Dog from Holland and Other Tales of the Night
Originally posted on Shenandoah Breakdown:
When we heard that Souled Out was providing the music at last month’s National Night Out activities at the gazebo, we decided right away to…
Naomi Shihab Nye: On growing up in Ferguson and Palestine
I grew up in Ferguson, Mo. No one ever heard of it, unless you lived elsewhere in St. Louis County. Then my family moved to Palestine – my father’s first … Continue reading
