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"The Tears of Things": Suffering for a Reason in Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil’s epic poem ‘Aeneid’ suggests that from tragedy, a new, significant future may emerge
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10 Great Historical Fiction Books for Young Readers
A List
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Finding Peace in Tragedy: John Keats’s ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
An Explication of a Much-Beloved Poem
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How Our Culture of Artificiality Is Destroying Objective Reality
Unlearning Common Sense
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Here's Why You Should Start a Read-Aloud Group
Sparking Conversation and Deepening Relationships
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Wendell Berry: What We Lose When Small-Town America Collapses (And How to Recover It)
A Look at the Novel "Jayber Crow"
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March 2024

What is True Leisure?
Down time is an opportunity to unlock wonder, reflection, gratitude, and love.
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Reclaiming Emotional Development in Education
A good education enlarges the heart.
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"The Home Farm"
A Poem
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Friendship and Grief Beget Art
The death of Arthur Hallam, Alfred Lord Tennyson’s good friend, had profound effects on the poet’s work.
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This Wick of Light
Film, Friendship, and Memory
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February 2024

Tennyson, Male Friendship, and the Gay Appropriation of History
The Revisionists at Work
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