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The Poet’s Notebook [by Andrew McCarron]
In one of his notebooks, Pablo Picasso wrote “je suis le cahier” (I am the notebook), which conveys the important role that keeping notebooks/sketchbooks played in his creative process. Picasso is hardly alone. From…
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Andrew McCarron, Guest Author July 26-30
This week we welcome Andrew McCarron as our guest author. Andrew is a teacher and writer born and raised in the Hudson River Valley. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, chairs the Religion, Philosophy…
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Matthew Zapruder: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________ Ceasing to Be The idea is simple. Lucretius wanted to rid the world of death fear…
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Carolyn Heilbrun on Barzun, Fadiman, and Trilling [by Barbara Fisher]
When Men Were the Only Models We Had: My teachers Barzun, Fadiman, Trilling. By Carolyn G. Heilbrun Carolyn Heilbrun is best known for her books of feminist theory, Toward a Recognition of Androgyny and…
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Summer of Fruit Tarts–Cherry-mania [by Barbara Hamby]
Oh, cherries–how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You are a small bomb of sweetness that explodes on the tongue like a day in summer. There are so many ways to…
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Double Bottom [by Lera Auerbach]
Ink on Paper by Lera Auerbach When I was twelve, my parents took me camping near Lake Inyshko. Supposedly, in this lake, Yemelyan Pugachev buried his stolen treasure. The treasure was never found…
