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Social Capital and Online Community
We are all students, curious and yearning, with lifelong hopes and dreams. A good friend of mine, Rennie, told me this last March: “Life is about figuring out things.” She was in hospice in a bright, sunny facility in the … Continue reading
Politics & the English Language, by George Orwell
George Orwell wrote this essay about “Modern English” in 1946. Here’s his take on how awful Modern English has become. (This is a parody of a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes.) Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success … Continue reading
On A Streetcar Named Success by Tennessee Williams
As you read this essay, consider what you will write about in your artist’s statement. This story was published in The New York Times, on 11/30/47. Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire, was about to open. Sometime this month I … Continue reading