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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Autumn

September 14, 2020 Neriman K., PhD

To Longfellow, Fall means change, wisdom, an end and a beginning. A contradiction. Fall, he suggests, is a poignant reminder of our mortality. Continue reading Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Autumn

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Van Gogh on Hope & Melancholy

April 27, 2020June 18, 2020 Neriman K., PhD

“So instead of giving way to despair, I took the way of active melancholy as long as I had strength for activity, or in other words, I preferred the melancholy that hopes and aspires and searches to the one that despairs, mournful and stagnant.” Continue reading Van Gogh on Hope & Melancholy

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Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet passed away on June 3rd, 1963 when he was 61 in exile, but his words live on. Well, the world can be a strange place, and my support system—books and cats and all the lovely people in my life— is all that matters. 🌈 Still basking in the light of Small Worlds… Coming out in July 2023: add Caleb Azumah Nelson’s upcoming novel to your reading list! When is it not a good day to read Rilke? I will have the link on the profile and as a story if you’re interested. A moment of peace that the tense election cannot disturb.

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