In Search of the Soul
I have always believed that the easiest place to lose oneself is inside one’s own head; of course, it’s the only place to find one’s self too. Or, at...
The Revenge of the Similacrum
Colin Burrow is fascinated how authors over the millennia have imitated one another. He explains why: “Imitation is an important concept because it is one which has never been...
The Map of Knowledge
Whole books have been written about De rerum natura, a long poem written by Lucretius (99-55 BCE). Its intended audience were Romans, who wanted to learn about the Greek...
Nero, Rome and Fire
A fiery volcano that erupted in Alaska in 43 BCE had a significant event on Rome just a year after Julius Caesar was assassinated.
In research published late June 2020...
Black Bottom Saints
The Black Bottom and Paradise were two intertwined predominantly black enclaves situated in the city of Detroit. The area was bounded by Brush Street on the west, Grand Trunk...
The Lake of Memory
“From the vantage point of remembrance, memory is the essential mode for carrying forward the common sense of ordinary people filtered through immemorial tradition.”
Of all the hundreds of thousands...
The Hum of the World
“Caliban hears the hum of the world.”
Lawrence Kramer, Professor of English and Music at Fordham University, has written a book about what Caliban was able to hear. What was...
The Origin of Consciousness
“People who are born idiots will remain idiots, and those who are born brilliant will be idiots by the time they are grown”—so said someone who was once famous...
Quixotic book about The Moon
This book review is written by lunar expert Frank Manasek
In a somewhat quixotic collection of eight chapters (my copy repeated the first 62 pages, hence the curious collation; the...
Hesiod and Pandora’s Box
Those who enjoy etymology will revel in this deeply insightful book on the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. By ancient, I mean really ancient. For those not familiar with Greek...
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Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo
“Our goal is to be a world-class zoo,” said Reid Park Zoo’s Deborah Carr, director of marketing and events. As she gave the Sun...
World Premiere in Tucson
written by Drs. C. Cunningham & M. Emanuele
Gretchen Wirges brought her one-woman show to the Invisible Theatre this week, marking its world premiere. Entitled...
Arizona in Space
A 2-room exhibit at the Arizona History Museum, entitled Ready To Launch, is designed to show Arizona’s place in space.
While it has elements of...
