The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. Joy Harjo I paid attention to a social media post from a friend this week. She referenced the Joy Harjo poem, Perhaps the World Ends Here. Harjo places the kitchen table at ...

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though. J.D. Salin...

When the urge arises in the mind/ To feelings of desire or wrathful hate,/ Do not act! Be silent, do not speak!/ And like a log of wood be sure to stay. - Shantideva Read Books Falling Club: More Thoughts On Favorite Essays...

Dear Sugar, I read your column religiously. I’m twenty-two. From what I can tell by your writing, you’re in your early forties. My question is short and sweet: What would you tell your twentysomething self if you cold talk to her now?Love, Seek...