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Approaching Mystery: I Once Worked on a Farm...
I would like to tell you a story about that farm. I... read more
Miss Fourth of July by Joanna Penn Cooper
I begin with two facts: In 1983, when I was 12, I... read more
Approaching Mystery: Portrait and Punctum by Joanna Penn...
  In Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes speaks of the photograph’s punctum, of... read more
Approaching Mystery: Who's That Girl by Jessica Mesman...
My trauma therapist warns me that my worst memories might surface later,... read more
Approaching Mystery: Maren Grossman on Unexpected Creatures
When I was a child I developed the curious notion that virtue... read more
Approaching Mystery: The Mysteries of Girlhood by Joanna...
Caw-caw, caw-caw, I call out.  Caw-caw, my son answers. I am standing... read more
Approaching Mystery: "Offering" by Carla Myers
My breasts are cold because they are made of cold compressed air,... read more
Approaching Mystery: Emily Terrell on Pascal and the...
The year of grace 1654, Monday, 23 November, feast of St. Clement,... read more
Approaching Mystery: Angela Crow's "It's a Cage"
  “It’s a cage. It’s a cage. No, it’s a real cage.’”... read more
Reflections on Family as Mystery from Joanna Penn...
When I was in graduate school, I read a lot of books... read more
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