Sept 22 2025 In a society radically tilted towards authoritarianism, it’s good to revisit history. In a nation traumatized by gun violence, polarized by social inequality and burdened by hate speech, it’s good to revisit poetry. So, here’s one from the great Ernesto Cardenal, pastor and poet of the Sandanista revolution and of Latin AmericanContinue reading “Observance: “everyone receives what he deserves” “
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My Books of 2023
In keeping with the end of year tradition, here, just a week or so overdue, is the list of books I read or listened to, cover to cover, in 2023… Underland, Robert MacFarlane: MacFarlane’s deeply textured prose ranges from microscopic vistas of the minute details of language and thought to the vast reaches of landscape,Continue reading “My Books of 2023”
