February 2016

Hearts of darkness haunt the recently released movie “Race” about Jesse Owens’ athletic career in track and field. At the beginning of the movie, Jesse and a friend board a bus… Read More »A Flash of Black

Nine parts dust and one part light, Just motes that shimmer on the air, Like stars, for one brief moment bright, We vanish even as we flare. There’s sweetness in… Read More »The Light in Lent

You can’t go home again. Thomas Wolfe, one of the most treasured authors produced by this country, says it outright in the title of his classic novel: You can’t go… Read More »Presto Valet