I repost a Toni Morrison essay on the importance of black men asserting their worth.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Top Post of 2014: Black Lives Matter
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2014, Eeyore, & Silver Linings
We can learn from Eeyore to be more forgiving of our public servants.
“Frozen” Is “Sense & Sensibility” with Ice
To compare “Sense and Sensibility” to the movie “Frozen” is to open up new complexities in the novel.
Lit, Like Christ, Is Divinity Made Manifest
The opening lines of the Book of John can be used to describe how literature operates in the world.
Sports Saturday Finis
I wrap up my Saturday sports column, explaining that I have become worried about repeating myself.
Joy Shall Be Yours in the Morning
Kenneth Grahame has a particularly beautiful Christmas story in “Wind in the Willows.”
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The Minstrels Played Their Christmas Tune
William Wordsworth celebrates Christmas was a poem about minstrels singing Christmas carols.
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The Divine Enters thru Imagination’s Holes
If Christmas is about the entrance of the divine into the human, then works of the imagination are always filled with the Christmas spirit.
Dickens Returned Christmas to Its Roots
Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” returned the Christmas celebration to its medieval folk roots.
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