⎺Original Poetry from Bart Edelman
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How to Know a Person, by David Brooks
She who only looks inward will find only chaos, and she who looks outward with the eyes of critical judgment will find only flaws. But she who looks with the eyes of compassion and understanding will see complex souls, suffering and soaring, navigating life as best they can. — David Brooks
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On Cult Life, Decadent Life, and Buried Life
Recent articles of note from the world wide web.
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“A Longer Ladder Yet to Climb:” De-creating the Self in Dante’s Inferno
What if the biggest obstacle that stood between you and who you were made to be was…yourself?
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“Being Abroad”
⎺Original Poetry from David Folks
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Ten Films from Faёrie for Young and Old Alike
The definition of a fairy-story—what it is, or what it should be—does not, then, depend on any definition or historical account of elf or fairy, but upon the nature of Faërie: the Perilous Realm itself, and the air that blows in that country. I will not attempt to define that, nor to describe it directly. It cannot be done. Faërie cannot be caught in a net of words; for it is one of its qualities to be indescribable, though not imperceptible.
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“portuguese from the sonnets”
⎺Original Poetry from Ben Perez
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Passages Part II: Berlin
At the bottom of the memorial, what I felt more than anything, I think, was a sort of fear. The fear of wandering through a world that had closed itself off. Of streets in which no window or door was open. Of storefronts no longer familiar or welcoming. The same remorseless facade around every corner. "I was walking along close to the walls," writes Kafka in his parable The Cell. "Although there were several doors, if one opened them, one only found oneself standing in front of a dark, smooth rockface, scarcely a handbreadth beyond the threshold."
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On Patriotism, Celebrity Chefs, and AI Icons
Recent articles of note from the world wide web.
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If Grade We Must
Grades may not be going anywhere soon, but even for those who would prefer not to grade, there is room to operate honestly somewhere between pure idealism and rank hypocrisy. While still assigning grades, a school can put policies and practices in place that help resist the worst effects of grade consciousness.