From the daily archives:
A Poem by Christy Effinger
God spoke and there was light,
but since I wasn’t there it must have happened
unannounced, the way a tree falling in the forest
unobserved makes no sound, commits no error in its collapse.
Alexander Pope said, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
Summer is here. Soon we’ll hear our coworkers’ tales of cute things: what their kids did at the beach, the vacation to Colonial Williamsburg, the work they did in their yard and on and on. We just don’t care. But Mark Edmunson gives us the academic perspective on why we don’t but why we should. Also, we would be hard-pressed to find a time when the image of Che Guevara is uninspiring, even after Rage Against the Machine. The popular Iranian writer Mehdi plans to convert his home into a kids’ literature forum. Beach reading doesn’t have to stay in the boring shallows. Can’t find engaging books to take the beach? Invent some. The Believer did. While we’re on the topic of book lists, The Boston Globe gives us the 100 best New England books. And the “In Case You Missed It” department stays in New England with a Newshour interview with Nathaniel Philbrick. — Andrew Geer
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