Along with celebrating my sister’s 32nd birthday, today I will be commemorating Jorge Luis Borges’ 112th birthday. I didn’t know it until I saw this cute little image on Google: There he is, with his walking cane, overlooking the labyrinths and libraries of his life. Thanks for making the world of literature an awesome place,Continue reading “Happy Birthday, Borges!”
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The Accident
This essay was almost accepted but finally turned down by the Vox personal essays section on the Metropolis magazine, for being a story from the distant past. I seem to be doing a lot of reminiscing these days: Few memories really stand out in my mind from before the age of eight. This one, however,Continue reading “The Accident”
The Bible may speak, but people don’t read
Just watched a very interesting and captivating documentary last night called “For the Bible Tells Me So.” It explores the Christian condemnation of homosexuality as claimed to be an explicitly-stated “abomination” in the Bible, and attempts to refute that strict reading by telling the coming-out stories of the gay sons and daughters of different families,Continue reading “The Bible may speak, but people don’t read”
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