December 2011
Ondaatje Delivers A Romp Through Memory, Boyhood :... →
“Philosophy has nothing to say about death. Only poetry. I wish I had memorized...”
– Richard Rorty, the secular humanist philosopher as quoted in The Huffington Post (via beingblog)
“When an atheist dies it is wrong to wonder what is happening to them now that...”
– —Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, from his HuffPo piece, “When an Atheist Dies: Religious Reflections on Christopher Hitchens’ Death”
~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in...”
– —Václav Havel, from the Czechoslovakian president’s address to the Joint Session of the U.S. Congress on February 21, 1990.
~reblogged by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
“Postman’s Park is a rather special place: a small haven amongst the office...”
– Caroline’s Miscellany: Postman’s Park
Includes list of names and themes. Featured in Closer.
“Raising young children poses two challenges for reading fiction. The first is...”
– The Millions : Reading 1Q84: The Case for Fiction in a Busy Life
Great essay, but wish I’d finished the book first.
The Deep-Sea Find That Changed Biology : NPR →
Really interesting story.
A CUP OF JO: Motherhood Mondays: Would you... →
What the Living Do - 94.04 →
An interview with Justice Stevens : SCOTUSblog →
Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered... →
“When your only female character exists to be bartered and abused, that is lazy...”
– —Monica Byrne, from the Durham-based playwright’s blog post, “The use of rape in narrative”
~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
Codex
deadliftpoetry:
Sleight of hand, Jump off the end. Into a clear lake, No one around. Just dragonflies, Flying to the side. No one gets hurt, You’re doing nothing wrong. Slide your hand, Jump off the end. The water’s clear and innocent. The water’s clear and innocent.
“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase:...”
– Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)
Stephanie Madoff Mack Keeps Busy - NYTimes.com →
deadlift poetry: A Soldier's Arabic →
deadliftpoetry:
This is a strange new kind of war where you learn just as much as you are able to believe. - Ernest Hemingway
The word for love, habib, is written from right to left, starting where we would end it and ending where we might begin.
Where we would end a war another might take as a beginning, or…
“With the demise of my own community’s two most revered leaders, Sandusky and Joe...”
– —Thomas L. Day, from his powerful piece in The Washington Post, “Penn State, My Final Loss of Faith.”
A participant in the Second Mile foundation as a teenager, a Catholic, an Iraq war veteran, and a Penn State alum, Mr. Day calls his parents’ generation to task and lets his anger be known.
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Startled Deer Becomes New Republican Frontrunner «... →
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly...”
– Reflections | SECRET AGENT MAMA
“The truth is that what’s good for the 1 percent, or even better the 0.1 percent,...”
– All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos - NYTimes.com
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Banksy (via thenewavengers, angwe & moorehn)
http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-spends-entir... →
