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I just finished reading Elizabeth Alexander’s wonderful memoir The Light of the World. Most people know Alexander as the poet who wrote/read the poem “Praise Song for the Day” at President Obama’s 2009 inauguration. I met Elizabeth only briefly, through the poet Kevin Young, when she … Continue reading
Posted in art, cancer, poetry, reviews
Tagged book review, Elizabeth Alexander, memoir, ovarian cancer, poetry, The Light of the World
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“Margaret” by Kenneth Lonergan
Thursday night I was walking with my parents on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. A woman walking behind us wearing a fake fur and with very, very blond hair, was talking in a normal voice on her phone, and we heard … Continue reading
Posted in film, reviews
Tagged Anna Paquin, Chicago Theater, Lonergan, Lookingglass Theater, Margaret
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The Arrival of Christ: What Kind of Gift Is This?
I wrote this during the second week in Advent and sent it to a few Catholic publications, hoping to get it on one of their blogs. Now Christmas is almost over– Epiphany is today if you go by the “old” liturgical calendar … Continue reading
Survivorship
I’ve been desperate for a book. Not any book, but the book, written for me and where I am now. So when another cancer survivor friend recommended Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales, I leapt at it. I … Continue reading
Arrival (review)
SPOILER ALERT! I’m gonna tell you pretty much everything that happens in this film. Thanksgiving weekend is a good time for movies, old and new. We saw Arrival two weeks ago, when it opened, and I started a review, but it was too early … Continue reading
Posted in film, religion, reviews
Tagged Amy Adams, Arrival film, Jeremy Renner, sci fi films, science fiction
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The Underground Railroad (review)
Just yesterday I wrote a review of Colson Whitehead’s amazing novel, The Underground Railroad, on Goodreads. And today I hear he won the National Book Award. I actually reviewed two books on Goodreads yesterday. The second was the photographer Sally Mann’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, politics, reviews, writing
Tagged Colson Whitehead, Hold Still, race and history, Sally Mann, The Underground Railroad
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Ethiopian Food in St. Cloud
One of the benefits of new immigrant groups in an area is the arrival of good new cuisines. Steve and I have made an effort to find Somalian food in St. Cloud, eating at two small restaurants, and a few … Continue reading
Posted in food, reviews
Tagged Central Minnesota refugees, Ethiopian restaurant, Somali, St. Cloud, tibs
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Elena Ferrante Revealed
In one of my early care packages, my friend Paula sent me all four of “the Neapolitan novels” by Elena Ferrante. The thousands of pages and sprawling story of a friendship between two women was both a wonderful goal and … Continue reading
Posted in art, reviews, writing
Tagged Anita Raja, author identity, Christa Wolf, Elena Ferrante, Italian Fiction, My Brilliant Friend, The Lost Daughter, Truth and Fiction
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