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A Timely, Timeless Word of Warning

I’m familiar with, and wary of, the practice of taking biblical passages out of context to apply them to the contemporary world. I grew up…

Jul 3

A Timely, Timeless Word of Warning

Jul 3

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Jabalia, November 1

The hospitals have

Nov 2, 2023

Jabalia, November 1

Nov 2, 2023

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MISREMEMBERING

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Nov 2, 2023

MISREMEMBERING

Nov 2, 2023

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More Conversation Questions

I’m aware that others have posted fun and provocative lists of conversation questions. Here are some of mine, written for family and…

Sep 16, 2023

More Conversation Questions

Sep 16, 2023

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ANOTHER WALK THROUGH THE WASTE LAND

I wrote these questions while avoiding reading my undergraduates’ papers on Eliot. Turned out to be more fun than I had anticipated…

Feb 7, 2023

ANOTHER WALK THROUGH THE WASTE LAND

Feb 7, 2023

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. . . even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own…

It’s hard to read these chilling, promising words without remembering where I first heard them — in a course on Greek tragedy taught by…

Jan 2, 2022

. . . even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own…

Jan 2, 2022

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A Plague in Both Our Houses

A plague o’ both your houses!

Apr 26, 2020

A Plague in Both Our Houses

Apr 26, 2020

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Proclaiming the Bad News

Emma: You’re the writer fellow who’s scared. I’m scared, too. I hear you’ve got a big mouth.

Apr 26, 2020

Proclaiming the Bad News

Apr 26, 2020

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This Fragile Earth

The pandemic is global. The whole world is affected. Those are big words. It’s hard to stretch my imagination to the scope of large…

Apr 26, 2020

This Fragile Earth

Apr 26, 2020

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No Silver Bullets

A new virus has “invaded” the population and thousands are dead. But this isn’t “Pearl Harbor.” The surgeon general’s use of that metaphor…

Apr 15, 2020

No Silver Bullets

Apr 15, 2020

Marilyn McEntyre

Marilyn McEntyre

Writer, Speaker, Professor , Author of Word by Word; Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies; What’s in a Phrase; A Long Letting Go (marilynmcentyre.com)

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