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Theater Review: In Extremis at Shakespeare’s Globe
Who'd have thought a 21st-century crowd could be listening so intently to a 12th-century philosophical debate that a solitary ringtone would sound like a thunderclap?
Read More »Book Review: The Great Western Divide by John Spivey
A journey into our own heart of darkness, with an experienced guide.
Read More »Book Review: Which Is More Round, The World Or Your Tummy? by Leslie Miklosy
Offbeat reflections on serious living.
Read More »Traditional Way: Not Always The Right Way
When does tradition...become the shackle that ties us into backwardness and bigotry?
Read More »Interview: Ashok Banker, author of the new Ramayana
I could be a fictional construct you made up and posed questions to for this interview, and then answered yourself.
Read More »Book Review: Going Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
Words usually have something to hide—you have to shake them until the top pops off and some revelation tumbles out..."
Read More »Ashok Banker’s Ramayana: Book 4: Armies of Hanuman
There is a certain organic quality to the way this tale is progressing; it's like watching the development of an exceptional plant from a green and tender shoot to the point that it bears fruit.
Read More »Ashok Banker’s Ramayana: Books 1-3
Ashok K. Banker's adaptation of the 3,000 year old epic of the Indian sub continent Ramayana could appear to be too exotic and unapproachable for a Western reader who knows little or nothing about that history or culture. But the author has ensured that no ones enjoyment be diminished by their background
Read More »I’m on the plane
I've found the perfect travel book, a collection of Ursula Le Guin short stories tied together by a delightful conceit ...
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