Sinéad O’Connor, who was found dead in London on July 26, thwarted any attempt throughout her life to extinguish her creativity or her output.
Aidan Johnson
Aidan Johnson works in poverty law in the Niagara region of Canada.
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The deeply spiritual work of Anne Rice
Anne Rice’s lush fantasy fiction reflected the lifelong influences of religion and spirituality in her life.
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Review: When the meek are not blessed
If anything, the dystopia is even scarier in the sequel, which provides terrifying detail on the history of the Christian fundamentalist regime that overthrows the United States at Gilead’s founding.
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Martha Nussbaum respects the Cynic-Stoic tradition—but she’s ready to correct it
In her brilliant new book, Martha Nussbaum argues for a thrilling vision: the whole biosphere conceived and treated as a “cosmic city,” in which humans carefully do their part to ensure that the capabilities of all creatures can be activated as much as possible.