Quote for Today: Tehmina Durrani
Love’s absence ailed me. I could not imagine loving my husband. He was a superior and I did not know how to love and be subservient together. Nor had he …
Quote for Today: Eula Biss
British researchers recently found that girls between the ages of seven and eleven harbor surprisingly strong feelings of dislike for their Barbie dolls, with no other toy or brand name …
Wondrous and Disturbed: In the Realms of the Unreal
We read everyday of outsiders who become violent. Here is the story of an outsider who found another way: art. When Henry Darger passed away in 1973 at the age …
Made for Flight: Alouette, the Femmebot
Writers are encouraged to write about what they know. This has merit, but does it shortchange our imagination or compassion? When we take the time to tell the story of …
Quote for Today: Bertolt Brecht
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars. ― Bertolt Brecht