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reflecting the Freudian model of existence that, according to Nelson, “turns our lives into detective stories; our innermost selves, into culprits.”
Alice Bolin • Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession
WHEN BIALIK PUBLISHED “To the Bird” in 1892, Jewish life in eastern Europe was miserable in many ways.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Sam shared an important trait with the crypto religionists: a dissatisfaction with the world as he found it. He did not have any particular hostility toward governments or banks. He just thought grown-ups were pointless. Ryan
Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
the zealot is destined to reappear as the ultimate reconciler, restoring harmony between the generations.
Daniel C. Matt • Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
a gate represented passing from the mundane to the sacred.
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
She sat at her desk and tried to busy herself with paperwork but every time she heard voices in the hall, her head lifted as though pulled upward by strings. And yet Alejandro didn’t show.
Katherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
technology, religion,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
If we believe that stories aid in binding society together, then perhaps it feels like we’re unraveling precisely because we are transitioning from one narrative to another on multiple subjects simultaneously.