The Evidence in the (Book) Case

The books that reside on a writer’s nightstand can speak volumes indeed

When the Mind Wanders, the Eyes Stay the Course

Try not to zone out while you read this post

Remembering Steve

A tribute to my friend Stephen Jay Gould

Why I Hate the College Application Essay

Should bragging be a prerequisite for college?

This Just In

  A recent article in The New York Times proclaimed the gladsome tidings. “New support…

Musical Chairs

Pilloried Prepositions

Waste Not

There’s Rosemary for Remembrance

Chumps at Oxford

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

Casa Gorín

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Birthday Boy

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

New Year, Old Year

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