Friday Links, July 31, 2020
Auden, Tiny Book Club, Rubens at The Ringling, and more
Friday Links, July 24, 2020
Topics of this week's links include Hagia Sophia, Poetry and James Matthew Wilson, Eudora Welty as Color-blind Southern Photographer. In a Controversial Move, Turkey Will Cover Mosaics Depicting Christian Icons in the Hagia Sophia During Muslim Prayer Emperor Justinian built Hagia Sophia in … [Read More...]
Beauty will find you
I have lived in Shangri La. Yes, that magical, mystical world, that paradise on earth, that remote and exotic utopia, that faraway haven of idyllic beauty and tranquility. My Shangri La took the form of a small, Catholic, liberal arts college tucked neatly away in the folds of some beloved brown … [Read More...]
The vocation of the poet
I am forever grateful to Paul Mariani for his biography on Gerard Manley Hopkins. When I first started reading Hopkins, his poems lit a spark in my soul, but at the same time they baffled me. The man behind the poetry, the convert and Jesuit priest who died young, remained unknown. A wonderful poet … [Read More...]
Friday Links for July 17, 2020
DT Editor and Contributor recommendations about fiction by Valerie Sayers, Joshua Hren, and Marilynne Robinson, not to forget face masks by artist Daniel Mitsui. Read an Excerpt from The Age of Infidelity and Other Stories Katy Carl shared the above link to a mini-review at Slant News of Valerie … [Read More...]
A Strange Procession
In the darkness, I follow my parents and brothers through chilly Venetian streets. We’re pulled along with the crowds on a lengthy walk that only ends when we reach a church. It’s November. I’m wearing my pink coat. I’m nine years old. I don’t remember anything else. Years later, that walk stays … [Read More...]
