The Light-Craving Stories of George Saunders
What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …
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“The Mountain of My Love” – Poem by Hayden Carruth
In the graduation speech that went viral last year, George Saunders wrote: “Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more …
20 Favorite and Most Influential Books
What follows are the 20 favorite books that helped shape the way I think and write. It was hard to limit …
“A Strange and Beautiful” Entanglement
Recently, when most needed, I came across the essay “A Beautiful and Strange Otherness” by Wisdom Bridge founder, Francis Weller. …
Wild Poet Talking Nerdy, Matthew Dickman
I stumbled across him by accident. One thing led to another and another, the way it often happens surfing the internet. …
“Redwood Speech, Watershed Prayers”
The following essay by Francis Weller captures so much of what I feel about nature, the natural habitat in which …
