The Legacy of John Esposito

The Reminders in Residence at Shangri La

The Wit and Wisdom of Clarence Darrow

 

Alfred Kazin: Writing Was Everything

Alfred Kazin never went for a doctorate in literature, but made his living as a literary historian and critic on the strength of his first book (On Native Grounds) and occasional pieces. His late lectures collected as Writing Was Everything (1995) divide into three sections: before, during, and after World War II. They compose a literary memoir:  intertwining intelligent commentary on the books he read with the life he led. His was the life of a deeply humane lover of literature who was a gifted stylist in his own right. And it's a slim volume so not a heavy commitment.

Days of Our Lives

The Velveteen Rabbit

 

Eid Kareem!

 

Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper by Adam Greenhalgh

All Fools Day

 

Compared to What?

Chai

 

Noam Chomsky - The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

India

 

More Afghan Tea

                                             Photo: Steve McCurry.

A Slice of Heaven

 

Afghan Tea Shop

 

Handcrafted Iranian Skateboard Decks

 

Beauty

 

Berlin

 

Ramazan Lights!

 

Ramazan Mubarak to All Who Observe the Month!

 

The moment that saved Bob Dylan's career

L'Internationale (Complete with 6 stanzas, original lyrics in French)

Academic Conference Pie Chart

 

The Truth Will Out

 

Vintage Kabul

 

Lost Pittsburgh

 

Pakistan

                                             Photo: Oprasio.

Mother and Child

 

A Good Shepherd

 

Alabama

                                        Photo: Gordon Parks. Theme Song: Neil Young.

Kurdish Girl

                                         Photo: William Carter.

Malcolm

 

Let the Mighty Fall

                 And their weapons of war perish.

Gujjar Nomad Herdsman

 

Egyptian Teatime

 

Luxor Train Station

                                                 Photo: sdhaddow.

The Decline of the West

 

Happiness

 

Essaouira

                                             Photo: atsjebosma

Cooking

 

The Clock

 

Arlington

 

Dublin

 

Kashgar Market

 

Palestine

 

Shepherdess

 

                        Photo: Alexander Burton.
 

Man Praying

 

Al-Ghazali on Wisdom - A Discussion with Ebrahim Moosa

Hanoi

                                                 Photo: dzunglv.

Cairo Shopkeeper

                                                 Photo: Frank Horvat.

Iran

 

Kashmir

 

Indonesia

                                                         Photo: Steve McCurry.

Kosovo

                                         Photo: Stephen Vanfleteren.

Yemeni

 

Kurdish Tribal Elder

                                                         Photo: William Carter

Mother and Child

                                         Photo: W. Eugene Smith