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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment (Part 3): Gwendolyn Brooks
Welcome to the third segment of Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment: June 7, 2017, marked the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, (she died December 2000), who in 1950 became the first African American–and at the time the youngest American–to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Her…
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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment Part 2: Jalal al-Din Rumi
“Simple, sincere, and selfless, Rumi was respected because he respected others. He was considerate even towards his enemies…” — Afzal Iqbal
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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…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 