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Reality Hunger
I already blogged about Zadie Smith’s response to David Shields’ Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, and I noted my admiration for her courage and insight in criticizing what she saw in Shields… more →
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Comments about sexuality.
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singlextianman wrote 5 days ago: Here we have Al Mohler saying that men must “earn” sex in marriage – though he tri … more →
Exit interviews
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singlextianman wrote 5 days ago: Way back in the ’80s I once saw a bumper sticker that said: “Reality is for people who c … more →
Reality Hunger
desario71 wrote 1 week ago: I already blogged about Zadie Smith’s response to David Shields’ Reality Hunger: A Manif … more →
Thumos in Action
singlextianman wrote 1 week ago: Paul Coughlin, as usual, hits one out of the park.. … more →
Zadie!
desario71 wrote 1 week ago: Zadie Smith, who is shaping up to be a truly indispensable essayist, has another brilliant one in th … more →
Letters to Obama
angelsandolives wrote 2 weeks ago: I came across a really cool site: WITS (Writers in the Schools) – they place professional wri … more →
Low on living, by Paul Coughlin
singlextianman wrote 4 weeks ago: This posting by author Paul Coughlin is a must read by both single Christian men and by those who ca … more →
What to write next...
desario71 wrote 1 month ago: Here is a very snarky, but nonetheless very amusing essay by Colson Whitehead in the New York Times … more →
The Color White
desario71 wrote 1 month ago: Here is a wonderful little essay by G.K. Chesterton called “A Piece of Chalk.” It espous … more →
Neurological
desario71 wrote 1 month ago: Marco Roth has written a wonderful essay in N+1 on “The Rise of the Neuronovel.” It is a … more →
Tao Lin
desario71 wrote 1 month ago: Get to know Tao Lin, author most recently of Shoplifting from American Apparel, through this wonderf … more →
Married = adult?
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singlextianman wrote 2 months ago: I tire of even explaining it to some, but I continue to see in print and in people’s actions t … more →
Relationship tip #9
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singlextianman wrote 2 months ago: This secular fellow has some good ideas about what to ask a prospective bride. … more →
"Where there is sorrow there is holy ground."
desario71 wrote 2 months ago: Speaking of Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, his 50,000-word open letter from jail to Lord Alfred Douglas, … more →
Criminal Cowardice, by Paul Coughlin
singlextianman wrote 3 months ago: Paul Coughlin’s latest posting at Crosswalk is just too good to keep to myself. … more →
Insight from the Sociologic Disciplines..
singlextianman wrote 4 months ago: I offer here links to this piece in Slate magazine, “The Eligible Bachelor Paradox” and … more →
Sonship, or Credo #95 1.1
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singlextianman wrote 4 months ago: There was a man, who had two sons… Read this for a new twist on your understanding of an old s … more →
Beckett
desario71 wrote 6 months ago: “Bluer scarcely than white of egg the eyes stare into the space before them, namely the fulnes … more →
you should read an unquiet mind. now.
Kellie Herson wrote 6 months ago: “I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tir … more →
