A Different Sort of Superhero

Black Panther reminds us of comic book protagonists outside the mainstream

Carnival

“Crossing the Bar ” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Not Waving

Frank Delaney and the nearing tide

Rites of Spring

Virgil Thomson’s Feast of Love

The Bitter Truth

A culture exemplified by an over-sweet cuppa joe

Ambreen Butt

Mark My Words

The Gray Edges of Blackness

Emily Bernard’s essays explore her own experience of race in America

Valporquero

“Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Brown Wasps

“Writing in the Dark” by Denise Levertov

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Tiger Mom

At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind

A Midsummer Night’s Stream
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A Midsummer Night’s Stream

Learning to Be Social
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What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?

The Murderer as Everyman
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Arthur Fleck’s rise and fall

Revenants

Between Memory and Hope

The love poetry of Anthony Walton

The Heart Yearns Without Tears
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After the Fallout
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On jellyfish babies, my father’s pain, and the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific

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