Graceful Writing
In a lecture at Harvard University, 1993’s Nobel Prize in literature recipient Toni Morrison once explored the theme of good and evil in recent literature. Morrison narrated her interest in […]
In a lecture at Harvard University, 1993’s Nobel Prize in literature recipient Toni Morrison once explored the theme of good and evil in recent literature. Morrison narrated her interest in […]
This last week has been brutal. Let me explain. I was in Wales on vacation (or holiday as they call it here in the UK) in a beautiful cottage on […]
As a student of ancient texts, I often find myself faced with translational difficulties. There is an important thing one learns early on in working with more than one language: […]
Easter is coming … which brings Harry Potter to mind! I’m serious. Let me explain. Just as publishers and movie studios seek new voices to repeat the series’ Hagrid-sized success, […]
“Look at that!” To my surprise, there was a check in my mailbox last week. It usually contains only bills to be paid and pizza delivery flyers. Twice a year […]
I’d like to take this time to draw all of your attention to a tragedy that happens every day right before our eyes: verbicide, “the murder of a word.”[1] Each […]
[Note: this month my first book, The Paradox of Happiness, is being released, and I’m dedicating my next Wondering Fair articles to the theme : ) You can check out the book […]
The latest film rendition of Victor Hugo’s classic, Les Misérables, is beautiful and intense and lyrical. The photography is gorgeous, the storytelling vivid, and the songs continue to hum in […]
Why do we travel? What do we hope to find in foreign lands? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, like many young aristocrats of his generation, set out to travel, and as […]
Ronald Reagan wrote a moving letter to his son in 1971. He was known as a Hollywood actor back then, 10 years before the became president of the U.S., and […]