Nonfiction
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Telling Stories
There’s a Leonardo Da Vinci sketch in the National Gallery of London, a cartoon for a painting never completed or…
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The Inheritance
As we drove up to Minna and Granddaddy’s house in Bedford, New York, our car crunching on deep gravel, I…
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‘Foolish Spirits’: The Multiple Otherings of Anima Fatua
A few months ago, on a hot summer evening in Madrid, Spain, I attended a talk by the author of…
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Downtime
I’m old now. It’s been many years since I first realized I was not like other people. That realization was…
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From Scientist to Stroke Survivor : Life Redacted
Her first experience was a penetrating itch. This sensation was layered on top of blistering pain shooting from her right…
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The Generosity Paradox
Each week for one hour I tutor a third grader who is struggling with her reading comprehension. I do this…
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Meander: Larry McMurtry at the Driskill Hotel
This short meander is long on time. It is about serendipity, or parallel thinking, or the patterns we will ourselves…
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4-F
When the order came to report to my draft physical in early spring of 1972, it was no surprise. With…
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Death of a Republic
Something happened on the trip through the 21st century. Self-centeredness became the default in relationships, at work, on crowded subways,…
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Within the Mind
Imagine the world closing in, the walls far too close for comfort. The feeling of claustrophobia in one’s own life…