Art is urgency: It pierces our awareness in a flash of brilliance, pulling us into an experience bigger than our selves, provoking a response. It…
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The small moments in our lives are often filled with the most portent. We all know these moments, too. When we find our hand on…
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Certain things are ineffable. There are moments when we cannot dig deep enough into our storehouse of words and grasp the proper one. We cannot…
Continue reading “Kind:” Extraordinary work from poet Gretchen Primack
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Last night, in a concrete pop-up dive with a Christmas ornament for a mirrored ball, I witnessed all that is good about rock and roll.…
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Comments closedLast week I visited the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, NC. Its focus, in spite of its rather lengthy appellation, is rather…
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Leave a Comment(This entry first appeared at my other site, chefkevinarcher.com.) This summer I read “The Eyes of Willie McGee,” by Alex Heard. It is easily one…
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Leave a CommentEarlier this week, a friend asked me about the Bob Dylan concert I’d just attended. Being a non-US citizen, she knew of Dylan primarily as…
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Comments closedThis summer I read “The Eyes of Willie McGee,” by Alex Heard. It is easily one of the most compelling books I’ve ever picked up.…
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