𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

It's Spiritual Literacy Month! And some other titles I haven't gotten to this year. . .

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗲𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝘇𝗶 -

At once a serious look at repressed trauma (personal & societal) & a sensitive examination of diversity & compassion. Wonderful introduction to community & responsibility.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺” 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘁 -

Those looking for quick takeaways are disappointed that Arendt hasn't offered the answers in bullet points. But of course, the contradictory history of the world isn't built that way.

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -

Walcott's epic poetic work is at once a refiguring of Homer and the colonial history of St. Lucia, of the indigenous everywhere, of the myths which mark poet and people. An extraordinary layering of all.

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗵 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 -

Nguyen's short stories are, each individually, a situation of struggle in identity across generations, gender, economies, traditions, and circumstance; absorbing and revealing.

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