UNBECOMING

How is reading a sign of a life well-lived? Discussing books involves talking about the world, life and our role as human beings. We explore

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.” ― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone “I love it when I’m the dumbest one in the room!” My students, who never really know what to expect when I open my mouth, erupted in laughter. I figured I should elaborate. I explained that I enjoy putting myself in situations wher

“You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.” Khalil Gibran, “On Children” (from The Prophet) I just finished reading another book by Sarah Addison Allen. She crafts beautiful