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The Eternity of One Act
Dear Friend, As I imagined, Dictee is unlike anything I’ve read before. In our introductory post on February 1st, I somewhat teasingly asked of this book, “is it cake?” That question was inspired by the many different ways I’d seen this book described and by my passion for something silly: illusion desserts. Turns out, I…
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Is It Cake? Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s ‘Dictée’
Dear Friend, And so, we return to poetry. Well, sort of. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée has been described as a novel by some, as poetry by others. “Genre-bending” seems to be the most common and perhaps most apt description. I think what might be most important to know is, as The New Yorker says,…
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The Elasticity of Love
Dear Friend, How do we expand our love so that it’s not only our children or immediate family and friends whom we cherish, but all people? This is the question that ends the first part of The Book of Joy, and what the editor, Douglas Abrams, means by “the elasticity of love.” He raises the…
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An Invitation to Joy
Dear Friend, I hope January finds you happy, healthy, and well. I’m pleased to officially introduce our first book of the new year and of this first winter season at The Contemplative Reading Project: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, a conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond…
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