Open letter to Arthur Frank (on reading At the Will of the Body)

Dear Arthur Frank I’m writing to say thank you for your extraordinary book At the Will of the Body. It is … More

The fear of poetry -by Muriel Rukeyser

The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

Courage It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. … More

Invitation to Brave Space Together we will create brave space. Because there is no such thing as a “safe … More

We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found … More

The Layers I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I … More

On the Edge After your mother dies, you will learn to live on the edge of life, to brace … More

I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More