My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just […]
Because the Darkness Runs So Deep, The Light Burns So Bright
“While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience.”            -Pope Benedict XVI, Financial Times, December 20, 2012, “A Time for Christians to Engage the World” “Maybe the Mayans were onto something after all. Perhaps the impending solstice […]