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A Rich and Novel Treatment of an All-important Subject!
A Rich and Novel Treatment of an All-important Subject! Amazon Customer Review of Abigail L Rosenthal’s A Good Look at Evil. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2018. By Jonathan Weidenbaum, Ph.D., School of Liberal Arts, Berkeley College, NYC I first received this … Continue reading
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“Getting Thrown”
“Getting Thrown” One time, in my riding days in Downeast Maine, I went trotting up and down the neighborhood of Back Bay Road in search of the people who owned our right-of-way and shore strip. I needed to find them … Continue reading
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“Writing”
“Writing” I grew up among people whose most-oft-voiced concern was whether they would get their book, or next book, written. Without the book, the life-worth dwindled down to a small pile of ash, as my child’s mind pictured it. It … Continue reading
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