This moving David Rivard poem shows how a moment in basketball can symbolically capture a contentious father-son relationship.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Titanic Struggles, on the Court & at Home
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Fall River", Basketball, Bill Russell, David Rivard, Family, fathers and son, NBA, Sports, Wilt Chamberlain Comments closed
Books Helped Free Angelou’s Caged Bird
Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday, found strength in the literature of Shakespeare, Poe, Dunbar, and others.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged books, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, literature, Maya Angelou, Suffering Comments closed
Benito Cereno on War, Racism
A story of two students who found themselves using “Benito Cereno” to sort through two of the biggest issues that Americans face.
Haikus Make Econ Less Dismal
Haiku competitions in economics classes can get students engaged in the otherwise dry subject matter.
Beowulf Blog, 5 Years Old Today
Today is the five-year anniversary of this blog. I can’t quite believe that, in that time, I’ve written close to 1700 posts and probably over a million words. I have never had so much fun writing. I have particularly enjoyed my interactions with readers. Each month during the school year, around 10,000 different individuals visit […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Ceremony, Creative Writers and Daydreaming, Leslie Marmon Silko, Sigmund Freud Comments closed
A Hermit of the Rocks, Wind & Mist
R. S. Thomas’s powerful poem “Sea-Watching” compares waiting for the Holy Spirit with bird watching.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Sea-Watching", Christianity, Holy Spirit, mysticism, R. S. Thomas, Religion Comments closed
Chris Andersen as Queequeg
The Miami Heat’s Chris Andersen is an existentialist enigma that could come straight out of “Moby Dick.”
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Why Christie Aides Targeted Sokolich
Why did Chris Christie aides target Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and close down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge? Voltaire has the answer.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Bridgegate, Bridget Kelly, Candide, Chris Christie, Fort Lee, George Washington Bridge, Mark Sokolich, politics, scandal, Voltaire Comments closed
