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For What Binds Us: My Year in ReviewIt’s been a wild and crazy year for me, personally, professionally, emotionally, physically, etc. Most of my focus has been on building an...
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Moderating and Checking The Emotions: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamOne of my closest friends is always telling me not to take off hand remarks or things that people say personally. It’s a good piece of advice...
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On Reading Big Books Again: The Doll by Bolesław PrusI’ve been reading enormous books again—the doorstopper variety that Henry James famously labelled as “loose, baggy...
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All Day I Loved You in a Fever: The Poetry of Robert BlyI was first intrigued by Robert Bly’s poetry when I came across a description of his life and work in Michael Schmidt’s Lives of the...
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Winter Vocative: The Poetry of William BronkMy mother and business partner/friend Ken do not like winter at all—the dark, the cold, the short days. I found two poems by William Bronk...
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Odi et Amo: Darconville’s Cat by Alexander TherouxThe first century B.C. Roman poet Catullus expresses his frustration and torment with his lover—an older married woman—in what is his...
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Packing My LibraryI spent the day sorting, cleaning and packing up many of the books in my library. My book room had become so crowded with books one could barely...
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Comfort, Luxury and Domestic Happiness: Modern VillasOn March 13th, 2020 I walked out of my classroom at The Woodstock Academy wondering when I would be back. How many books should I take with me?...
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The Endless Renewal of DesireFall used to be my favorite time of the year; a new year of teaching and meeting students, my birthday, our anniversary, Thanksgiving, Christmas...
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FinisOn March 13th, 2020 I walked out of my classroom at The Woodstock Academy wondering when I would be back. How many books should I take with me?...
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Why Must I be Preyed Upon?Pain, and grief and heartsickness can be so lonely and isolating. The rollercoaster of emotions settle down, but there are still days when the...
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Grief as a Test: The Collected Poems of Louise GlückGrief, I have learned, any type of grief, is a test—albeit a cruel, harsh, and unfair one—of the people around us, those whom we lean...
