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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Gaza

The Poetry That Saves Us

November 12, 2023

During these troubled times, the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, when our hearts are broken and we feel so …

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Never Say “Never Again” Unless We Mean It

October 26, 2023

. . . because to do so would be meaningless. And perhaps it’s meaningless already. I wrote a post with …

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Bearing Witness, Refusing to Turn Away, Again

October 16, 2023

How many times must we do this? Does it ever stop? The earthquakes, floods, and fires. The wars. Ukraine last …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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