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Diary: Sumana Roy, Forest Education (Part One)
Why have hermits and thinkers gone to the forest to surrender to its stillness? There is a connection between forest life and creativity, whether…
Diary: Sumana Roy, Do Trees Laugh?
A recent discovery that plants "cry" when harmed reminds the author of a pioneering mid-century researcher into vegetal feelings
Diary: Sumana Roy, Forest Education (Part Two)
My disenchantment with the ambition industry and the violence of professional success had brought me here. My hopelessly romantic need to live like a…
Review: Sumana Roy on Surdas
The name of Surdas, a Hindi poet of the 16th Century, means servant (“das”) of the sun (“sur”)—serving the source of light even though he was blind. The…
Diary: Sumana Roy, ”Exhaust Pipe“
Exhaustion moves through our world like a rat in the house. It stirs and makes a noise from time to time, particularly in the dark; its presence is…
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 • Ann Kjellberg
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 • Ann Kjellberg
Diary: (2) John Oakes on Silence
At first I can't sit still. Humans are agents of change. We don’t often sit still. Our inclination is anti-entropic—to do something, to exercise, to…
Middlemarch: Book Three
Imagine the pressure of falling in love, becoming engaged, and then marrying in a matter of weeks. So much anticipating happiness hinging on the single…
 • Mona Simpson
Fall Partner Bookseller: (2) Dragonfly & The Silver Birch in Decorah, Iowa!
Religious publishing is on the rise, and religious bookstores have particularly powerful connections with their readers
 • Ann Kjellberg
Middlemarch: Book Four
In Book Four, we see the great interconnectedness of life in Middlemarch and life at the old country estates. The social world, with all its complexity…
 • Mona Simpson
Middlemarch: Book Five
We’ve noticed that Eliot sees pride as the most dangerous human quality. In Book 5 she doesn’t limit her attack to foolish pride; she takes on ambition…
 • Mona Simpson
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