Essay

About Poetry and the Grand Canyon

The flow makes a sharp change of direction here

Sep 28 •

Practice for Healing the World

Tonglen practice says to breathe it all in

Sep 21 •

Reminded of the Healing Power of Community

This week brings home another recurring theme in my writing

Sep 14 •

Next Year I Want To...

Declaring and Designing the Future Out of Care

Sep 7 •

From Observer to Actor

Discerning where you go from here in tumultuous times

Aug 31 •

Rereading Lolita in 2025

And rereading Reading Lolita in Tehran

Aug 24 •

Lost and Found Words

More on the relationship between language and power

Aug 17 •

Different languages, parallel universes

A bit about the nature of code switching

Aug 10 •

Can Language Make Me A Different Person?

Language, place, and culture can shape and reshape us

Aug 3 •

Who Gets to Tell The Story?

Thinking about memoir and history and culture

Jul 27 •

More Musings on Learning

In two vignettes

Jul 20 •

Who are YOUR teachers?

Anyone and everything can be your teacher

Jul 13 •

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