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A Lesson From Annie Dillard: A Good Life versus a Life of Good Days
Gary E. Millergaryemiller.blogspot.com
William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership
Too Late The Truth
Haki R. Madhubuti
who quieted the fourth estate,
took words, images, and liberating ideas
from the recently comatosed and stole the nation?
why was there not a storm among us
confronting the wealth of ignorance?
what is the price of deceptive and enriched silence?
who compromised the music of truth,
the poetry of deep thought?
what of
... See more“The reading of poetry is in itself an act of political resistance to the mainstream. Particularly in this election cycle, where there is this great anxiety for certainty. What is your position? What is your stance? Why are you flip-flopping? There’s an anxiety of certainty and power and boldness … But poetry acknowledges the true complexity of
... See moreEn affûtant un peu la lame de votre curiosité, vous aboutissez à cette conclusion que le xixe siècle nous a donné trois géants, Thoreau, Whitman et Melville, dont le xxe siècle n’a pas produit l’équivalent. Assez comiquement, Thoreau n’avait pas de compétence particulière pour la survie par l’agriculture, mais son écriture a gardé toute son
... See moreHenry D. THOREAU, Jim Harrison, Brice MATTHIEUSSENT, • Walden (LITTERATURES) (French Edition)
En affûtant un peu la lame de votre curiosité, vous aboutissez à cette conclusion que le xixe siècle nous a donné trois géants, Thoreau, Whitman et Melville, dont le xxe siècle n’a pas produit l’équivalent. Assez comiquement, Thoreau n’avait pas de compétence particulière pour la survie par l’agriculture, mais son écriture a gardé toute son
... See moreHenry D. THOREAU, Jim Harrison, Brice MATTHIEUSSENT, • Walden (LITTERATURES) (French Edition)
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Susan Reynolds • Fire Up Your Writing Brain
The Uilsa story reveals his strong, almost violent emotional side and his ability to tap the Dionysian spirit; the ethics essay reflects his lifelong interest not in epistemology but in ethics. Already his question is not “What can I know?” but “How should I live?”10