Search results for “Adrienne Rich”
James Baldwin on Freedom and How We Imprison Ourselves
“We made the world we’re living in and we have to make it over.”
Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times, Resisting the Defeatism of Easy Despair, and What Victory Really Means for Movements of Social Change
“This is an extraordinary time full of vital, transformative movements that could not be foreseen. It’s also a nightmarish time. Full engagement requires the ability to perceive both.”
The Tragic Necessity of Human Life: Willa Cather on Relationships and How Our Formative Family Dynamics Imprint Us
“In those simple relationships of loving husband and wife, affectionate sisters, children and grandmother, there are innumerable shades of sweetness and anguish which make up the pattern of our lives day by day.”
Seamus Heaney’s Advice on Life
“The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true … to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge.”
Elevating Resolutions for the New Year Inspired by Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds
Cultivate honorable relationships, resist absentminded busyness, tell the world how to treat you, embrace enoughness, and more.
Alison Bechdel on Writing, Therapy, Self-Doubt, and How the Messiness of Life Feeds the Creative Conscience
“It’s by writing… by stepping back a bit from the real thing to look at it, that we are most present.”
An Absorbing Errand: The Psychology of Mastery in Creative Work
“Life is better when you possess a sustaining practice that holds your desire, demands your attention, and requires effort.”
Walt Whitman on How Literature Bolsters Democracy and Why a Robust Society Is a Feminist Society
“America, if eligible at all to downfall and ruin, is eligible within herself, not without… Always inform yourself; always do the best you can; always vote.”
The Confidence Game: What Con Artists Reveal About the Psychology of Trust and Why Even the Most Rational of Us Are Susceptible to Deception
“It’s the oldest story ever told. The story of belief — of the basic, irresistible, universal human need to believe in something that gives life meaning, something that reaffirms our view of ourselves, the world, and our place in it.”
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