Learn This Lesson from the Fig Tree
He seems pleased that he’s protected me and mine. Or maybe ours.
Writing Exile and Reading Homeward
Here, then, is my homecoming of the imagination: to hold the past bright in memory, and to love also the saplings and the weeds of my exile.
On Nosferatu, Moloch, and AI
Sometimes, it’s okay to be scared. At the very worst, it’s just a story.
The Anti-Anxious Generation with Ashley Fitzgerald
So I'm wondering where the spirit of the American pioneer, where the culture of the can-do man has gone?
Writing for the Common Good
I can relate the vice of envy most closely with my own writing, because that’s my profession, and I’ve longed to be a professional novelist since I was in elementary school.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
"Is Christianity only politically efficacious in helping us determine who are our friends and who are our enemies?"
The Maps of Our Lives Point Homeward
Older and wiser, I have long learned that for all the times I wanted to visit far-away places, there is no place like home.
Reflection in a Glass Wall
The reflection looked like a vintage motion picture, only without those stilted movements.