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Red Danielson: Painting Kurt Vonnegut
I look into your shadows, Kurt. I am blessed by everything I see.
Sep 18
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Douglas McCollam: ‘New Orleans needs you now’
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall, TFP revisits a masterful piece by a dear friend and lifelong New Orleanian.
Sep 5
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Scott Samuelson: What Vermeer’s Love Letters Say
A fellow traveler in an airport café reveals the secret of our fascination with the great Dutch master's paintings.
Aug 26
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Brian Wilson, Love, and My Need for Mercy
Long ago, my first love, Pammy, entered into that room inside me that the music of Brian Wilson had opened.
Jul 18
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Scott Samuelson: On Achieving 'Tennisosity'
As in life, the point of tennis isn’t to hit serves above a certain speed or win a major title. The point is for a great game to be played—one that…
May 29
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Molly Wesling: Czesław Miłosz's Hundred Acre Wood
Upon the birth of her son, writes Molly Wesling, the great poet sent a gift: "The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh." The inscription read, "To Nicholas Wesling…
May 10
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What Thinking Looks Like
Tired of artificial intelligence? Scott Samuelson reflects on great Baroque paintings to remind us of what natural intelligence is.
Apr 26
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E. Fuller Torrey: The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill
Many mental health professionals know very little about the origins of today's public mental illness disaster. It's high time we remedy that.
Apr 16
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Scott Newstok: Helen Vendler and the Art of Mentoring
Like all great mentors, the visionary poetry critic and professor helped me to understand my own architecture better.
Mar 28
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Christopher Merrill: A Requiem
Delivered at a recent celebration of Iowa Rep. Jim Leach’s life.
Mar 23
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Deborah J. Stein: Letters From Ruthie
As the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau approaches, TFP proudly revisits Deborah J. Stein's lyrical essay for her mother, Ruth Stein, who…
Mar 4
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Thomas B. Wilner: Trump Sells Out Our Allies
And in doing so makes the world a far more dangerous place.
Feb 26
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