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Adam Burgess
I was up late last night, hanging on to minuscule and unlikely shreds of hope. I was up early this morning, stirring with a strange mixture of fear and disbelief, as if from a terrible dream that followed me, clawing, into waking life. I… Continue Reading “To Hold a Candle in the Darkness”
I recently finished reading Virginia Woolf’s diaries (collected as A Writer’s Diary). It did more than just solidify Woolf’s permanent position on my “forever favorites” shelf, but perhaps there will be time to elaborate on that further another day. The death of genius haunts… Continue Reading “The Death of Genius?”
Recently, I re-read J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, following a re-read of the entire Harry Potter series. I guess you could say I’ve been in a nostalgic state, lately, and that mood has been manifesting itself in my reading choices. Much of… Continue Reading “Hold(en) Me Closer: A Reader’s Journey”
Today I, like so many others, woke to the news that there had been another mass shooting in the United States. This one at a gay night club in Orlando. As the morning advanced and news continued to roll in, we quickly learned that… Continue Reading “On Angels and Demons and the Rest of Us”
Yesterday, Jillian of Random Ramblings posted her “Most Influential Books” and asked me if I would share mine, too. I really love her particular spin on this, which is that we share without giving any sort of explanation whatsoever. It’s harder than it sounds!… Continue Reading “Ten Influential Books in My Life”
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