Monthly Archives: June 2016

When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found. — West Africa Over the years I have written extensively about grief: cross-cultural grieving traditions, the lack of such rituals in American life, … Continue reading →

I wrote the first three parts of this essay almost a year ago, and now I perceive an aspect of this theme I couldn’t have seen prior to the presidential primary season. Nicholas Lemann writes: …the nation has become Southernized … Continue reading →