Monthly Archives: July 2019

Post-Traumatic Stress

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Abigail

Post-Traumatic Stress There’s a book I’m reading now titled In An Unspoken Voice by Peter A. Levine, a man who’s done research on the causes of trauma when it lasts well beyond the end of the stressful incident and currently … Continue reading →

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Overheard at the Café

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Abigail

Overheard at the Café Among the rewards of my composing this column at the café where I’m what the French call an habituée, is that I get to overhear scenes from other people’s real lives. The café meets my need to … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Well-Tailored Proto-Nazi

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Abigail

The Return of the Well-Tailored Proto-Nazi This is about my return encounter with the dapper gentleman who first surfaced last May, when I gave a talk at California’s Claremont School of Theology, based on a chapter from my book, A … Continue reading →

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Book Matters

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Abigail

Book Matters These are some of the books I’ve been reading lately – that I can recommend. A History of the American People by Paul Johnson. This book started out so fact-crammed and deadpan that I thought it would be … Continue reading →

Posted in book reviews, books, Culture, Desire, History, Love, Reading | Tagged Denis de Rougement’s Love in the Western World, Jill Lepore's These Truths: a History of the United States, Paul Johnson's A History of the American People | 2 Comments

Acting the Part

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Abigail

Acting the Part When I was newly arrived in Paris as a young Fulbright Scholar, I was invited to have lunch at the home of the Israeli ambassador to France. He was my mother’s first cousin. Hence the invitation. We … Continue reading →

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