Tag: faith

+ Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Edward Norton, henry wadsworth longfellow, poetry, Stephen Colbert, walt whitman

“I see you face to face”: What Will You Take From the Past to Use in the Present?

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Recently, I spoke with someone about our current historical moment, and the person expressed concern, as I do, about what we see happening around us everyday. The person’s response, though, like many others, had a feeling of dejection and defeatism to it, a feeling that no one has been here before or experienced the same things we experience today. While at its core those … Read More “I see you face to face”: What Will You Take From the Past to Use in the Present?

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+ appalachia, Japan, Philippines, ron rash, salman rushdie, world war ii

The Construction of Enemies in Ron Rash’s “Return”

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All of us, no matter how hard we try, succumb to preconceived stereotypes and the construction of others who may disagree with us enemies. Salman Rushdie discusses this extensively in his memoir Knife as he writes about his stabbing in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institute. During a fictionalized interview with his would be assassin, Rushdie tells the man, “I know that it is possible to … Read More The Construction of Enemies in Ron Rash’s “Return”

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