The Tomb within this Garden
“Take care that what you have gathered does not long remain in its original form inside of you: the bees would not be glorious if they did not convert what they found into something different and better.” Petrarch Familiares 1.8 Many years ago, after my first year at Miami University, I headed out to…
Architextual Aspirations
In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral,” a woman and her husband are visited overnight by an old friend of the woman’s. The guest’s blindness makes the husband uncomfortable. Nevertheless, after a meal and some small talk, the husband and blind man find themselves alone, watching and listening to a television program on cathedrals. Mystified by…
Paschal Passages 