Category: philosophy
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Reading Rumi after 9/11 and again at the end of the War in Afghanistan (part 1)
Can Poetry and the Taliban Coexist? Aside from being a country plagued by a succession of wars and economic woes, Afghanistan is also the birthplace of one of the great figures of world literature: Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi. ..
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Election Day 2020: Democracy, Personal Whims, and Accountability – Conversations with the World 101
Welcome to Conversations with the World 101. Originally part of the virtual launch party for the book Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind, this edited version is being presented as Americans head to the polls for Election Day 2020. This is what it’s all about: Quotations…
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Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player Pump up the Volume
There is some basis for describing Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player as a southern Gothic rock and roll murder mystery. Yet there may be more reasons to consider it a mythopoeic love story in the mode of classic tales where heroes, and anti-heroes, attempt to challenge powers…
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When the Lyrical Muse Sings the Creative Pen Dances – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
If you’re a regular reader of my national African-American cultural arts column, you may have noticed that I have not been posting articles as frequently as I once did. The reason is simple enough. Having reached a certain point in the research for my current book-in-progress (at least one of…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 