Wallace Stegner is one of the most natural voices of western literature (in my opinion). He influenced the United States to set aside vast tracks of land for preservation and protection. You can read his famous Wilderness Letter here. A few excerpts (for those who won’t read the whole thing–lazy!): “Something will have gone out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘biography’
authenticity over artifice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, biography, literature, nature, writing on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
collectives
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, biography, death, writing on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the DDR Museum today (the German (or Deutchses) Democratic Republic = GDR in English), I discovered among other things that children in Kindergartens had to have collective potty breaks, which meant that they sat in a row all together on potty seats and couldn’t stand up until everyone was finished. I’m still not sure [...]
arne naess
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biography, death, nature, writing on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Norwegian mountaineer, philosopher, founder of “deep ecology”, dies at 96. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/world/europe/15naess.html?_r=1
a life without memory
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biography, death, psychology on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
H.M. dies at 82. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05hm.html?_r=1&hp
odetta
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biography, death, feminism, human rights, music, women writers on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you get a chance, watch this wonderful 20 minute video in the New York Times on civil rights folk singer, Odetta, who died this week: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20081203_odetta.html
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