[…] that end either transpires or is implied in each case here), but rather for meaning in a world of failed dreams. It is a big order Freeman sets for herself, since such answers, if […]
[…] floor and my posters of Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy on the walls, I created my own world. With a librarian as a father, I had access to shelves of books with no danger […]
[…] body power, sense experience, and spirit. The image depicts both human and beyond-human things, in a matter world. At the poem’s ending her mother asks, “Where have you been?” Her answer was not merely, […]
[…] It turns out that she had just seen an interview with a Utah polygamist on a morning news program. My father assured her that Steve was not a polygamist and urged her to go […]
[…] shore. Up ahead, I noticed a large, white mound a few feet from where the lake was breaking. It was a dead swan. Its body lay contorted on the beach like an abandoned lover. […]
[…] and leaders see children as they may become. They see the valiant missionary who will one day share his testimony with the world and later become a righteous father who honors his priesthood. The […]
[…] stories, ceremonies, and prayers. His purpose is to preserve elements of and inform people about this Dine world view. Since there is already an extensive literature on Navajo culture and cosmology, McPherson has selected, […]
[…] briefly studied phonography (today we would say stenography), and for many years doggedly sought a revolution in English orthography. When time per mitted, he walked a half block from his office to ensure sobriety […]
[…] Sacramento—we are.” Brother Rice nods with that solemn resignation of one who has received tragic but inevitable news. “Well, I’m sorry to hear that.” Then as an afterthought, “We’ll really miss you.” He smiles […]
[…] on his protection, should quit the care of all the rest and come to die in our world, because, they say, one man and one woman had eaten an apple? And, on the other […]