The Parable of the Sower: What Octavia Butler, Master Visionary, Saw
Many years ago I read Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred, about a time traveller who returns to the past to visit ancestors who were enslaved; because I was apparently born with an ear turned…
We Are Not Alone: Rumi Whirls With Us
AND… For all of us who are suffering so deeply now, fearing our faith in humanity has been cruelly misplaced, even lost, there will always be the poets, and poetry itself to remind…
Some Light: Thank you, Phylllis Bennis and The Nation. Whew!
Why Opposing the Israel Lobby Is No Longer Political Suicide by Phyllis Bennis July 16, 2014 The Nation Our movement isn’t strong enough yet to end US enabling of the carnage in Gaza—but…
