When I say the word “Construction,” what is the first thing that pops into your mind? For some folks this word may invoke thoughts of being stuck in traffic on the highway, then being late to…
1. Who needs Rumi? We’ve got Fatima! She’s the ultimate poem. 2. If Rumi had met Fatima He would have forgotten Shams– Just like that!
Dear Fatima, You’re one of the most enthusiastic, ardent devotees of reading I know. So I’d like to introduce you to a person who is an amazing reader and recommend his short book to you…
So we need poets to challenge received notions, tell us what we don’t know, ask the questions we can’t answer, and wake us up to both doom and Utopia. — Translator and essayist Eliot Weinberger…
Our next Share the Wealth will be with Hedy Epstein, a long-time activist in Saint Louis and beyond. Hedy will share stories about growing up in Germany, which she left on a Kindertransport to England…
For our next Share the Wealth on Sunday 21 July, Nebu Kolenchery will share a short reflection on Bollywood films and the role that they play in Indian culture and identity. This will be followed…
Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. –Ralph Waldo Emerson In the late 1940s David Dunn wrote an article The reader response was overwhelming…
While Cafe Ventana was having its Tenacious Trivia Night, our Latin America Reading Group was discussing “I, Rigoberta Menchu” and life in Guatemala — what insight, connections, and sharing with Fatima Rhodes, Cindy (who’s from…
To encourage Ann in her possibly imminent publishing pursuits To begin in earnest sequel to Dear Layla—I just bought three black Moleskines, first objective, fill them with daydreams of what’s going on with Carla Nguyen…
Sunday 2 December 2012 Thanks to Daisy Frenchwell for helping with raking the yard and making a delicious fruit salad Thanks to the all people who liked today’s photo of a tanned, twenty-year-old Mev in…