Dear Reader,
A reminder our July book club begins on the 20th. We’re going to look at Hannah Arendt’s two essays where she directly addresses the question of how to act in dark times, and what distinguishes those who do evil from those who resist evil.
July 20th: Hannah Arendt’s “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship”
July 27th: Hannah Arendt’s “Thinking and Moral Considerations”
But first, this week, a few notes on hesitation, attention, intention, and a life well-lived.
Until soon,
Sam
Anne Carson
Mary Oliver
W.H. Auden
Fanny Howe
That W.H. Auden clipping knocked me on my ass; much more concise wordplay than I am used to from that particular author. Blank verse almost like a stodgy/less scattered/skippy-record e.e. cummings.
As ever my thanks.
ty esp for Howe and Oliver. Suddenly a finer Sunday.