Ashok Karra - Encouragement (Page 18)

William Bortz, "Piety"

Below, I offer a reading of William Bortz's poem "Piety." I am curious to hear about your experience with religion and how it impacts your thinking. ashok DOT raj DOT karra AT gmail.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is piety? It's not a word I use a

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Tressie McMillan Cottom, "New Money"

Tressie McMillan Cottom’s essay “New Money” [https://tressie.substack.com/p/new-money] is another one of those Du mußt dein Leben ändern moments. I hope you’ll make some notes on your reaction after reading and share. I’m still stuck on her first paragraph: > People say

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Yi Lei, "Postperpetual"

Note: I am going to be trying for the next few weeks to figure out how this format works. In this newsletter, I'm offering three things. First, a reading of a poem. Close attention to a few intricately woven words. Then, a prompt for those of you who

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A "genuine culture" for philosophy?

Currently reading Nietzsche's "Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks," translated by Marianne Cowan. This passage about philosophy and "genuine culture" caught my eye. It invites immediate comparison between our age and the ages we imagine. My initial questions: What do we feel