I give up. I spent the past few days trying to write a blog that was witty and timely. I wanted it to be smart like an essay by Roxane Gay. I hoped to get my thoughts together about the fuss over “Jonathan Franzen: What’s Wrong With the Modern World,” which appeared in The Guardian on Friday, September 13. The piece named names (Jennifer Weiner, Salman Rushdie, Jeff Bezos) and was as juicy as a reality TV show, with responses by Jennifer Weiner and Nathan … [Read more...]
John Steinbeck
We are lonesome animals. We spend our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story, begging the listener to say -- and to feel – “Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought." John Steinbeck “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University (1930) This Glimpse of Solace was sent in by Ellen K. McKnight (friend of Solace in So … [Read more...]