Context added nuance to an evening at the theater.

On a 16th century sister who has had a hold on Mexico’s artistic imagination.

A trio putting Denver on the literary map

In my last blog post, I referred to two atrocities to which I have family connections. This month, I have a little more to say about violence and resilience in America.

Roth’s alternative US history is allegory if our actual history is considered.

Teaching well takes confidence and generosity.

“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all, to keep alive in our hearts a sense of the inexpressibly human.”