Givenness of Things: Essays or staring down a pile

or staring down a pile of deadlines as we're planning a vacation

A family on a remote island

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

Life is eternal

obsessive desire

Givenness of Things: Essays or staring down a pileWITH A TWO PART INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARILYNNE ROBINSON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS The incomparable Marilynne Robinson has delivered an impassioned critique of contemporary society our addiction to technology, our materialism while arguing that reverence must be given to who we are and what we are: creatures of singular interest and value, despite our errors and depredations. Robinson has plumbed the depths of