How easily we forget the strangeness of the body I started a new job in August of 2020. After nearly a decade in higher education, I left the ivory tower for the corporate world, launching a career as a business analyst at a software company. My degrees in writing and theology had (obviously) prepared me well for software integration projects. Making a drastic life change in 2020 was also on brand. I weathered it with the same tranquility and general goodwill that seemed … [Read more...] about The Shock of Three Dimensions
Holocausts I’ve Never Heard Of
Why an education aimed at mastery can never hit its mark I was on a train heading from Alexandria to Cairo. Next to me sat my friend Grace, a fellow student in the American master’s program we were just finishing. She was a Kenyan who had a radiant smile and a prominent accent that sent her English dancing and curling in on itself like ocean waves. I loved talking with Grace. Today, though, our conversation was heavy. A few months before, Islamic extremists had bombed … [Read more...] about Holocausts I’ve Never Heard Of
My Mother’s Questions
When Wisdom cries aloud in our streets, what is she saying? This past Christmas I was home for the holidays. By home I mean my parents’ house on Long Island. I was sleeping in the bedroom I grew up in, albeit much improved since I was a child. The bright green paint is gone from the walls and handsome white furniture, my father’s handiwork, makes the small space look grand. My mother and I were out for a walk. We ambled down one of the side streets my siblings and I … [Read more...] about My Mother’s Questions