Recently I watched a video of Jonathan Franzen discussing his novel Freedom on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah’s first question related to the title, and his answer had to do with all the ways in which we are not free. His words caused me to reflect on my own definitions of freedom. I ran long… Continue Reading
Identity Matters
For twenty-five years I ran long distance, but until I left my university post, I never realized how much of that running had been about running away. My characters tend to run long distance as well, figuratively speaking at least, and they too learn that running away is not the same as being free. In… Continue Reading
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