Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: On Having Time to Work
I am resistant to leaning too heavily on nature and natural symbols because it can feel heavy-handed. Sometimes, a tree is just a tree. And yet, the sight... More
Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: All Along the Watchtower
Underneath and alongside the stories we tell in our various mediums are ideas that may overlap with strongly held beliefs and ideas—or ideas that may drastically challenge them. More
Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: Ways of Seeing
The long days of work and solitude, which are both powerful and frightening, have taken some getting used to. But slowly, routines are forming and work is progressing. More
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We are concerned by Russian prosecutors' move to extend the requested prison sentence for the historian Yuri Dmitriev. PEN America considers the charges against him to be politically motivated retaliation for his work uncovering mass Stalin-era graves:
https://tinyurl.com/yckwsnas.
Finally. The discussion of school libraries in TX we *ought* to be having:
Houston ISD has 276 schools, nearly 200,000 students — and only 58 librarians. Down from nearly 250 librarians about 25 years ago, when the district had 4 fewer schools... #FReadom https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-has-276-schools-195-000-students-and-16670584.php
