Author: Kelly Larsen


  • “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore SchwartzDelmore Schwartz's famous short story illustrates that it's the future we can change, not the past

    “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore Schwartz
    Delmore Schwartz’s famous short story illustrates that it’s the future we can change, not the past

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  • “Remember”Christina Rossetti reminds us that grief need not be permanent

    “Remember”
    Christina Rossetti reminds us that grief need not be permanent

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  • “My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.”
    -Walter Matthau

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  • “Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier.”
    -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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  • “A Song for New Year’s Eve”William Cullen Bryant compares the end of the year to the end-of-life experience

    “A Song for New Year’s Eve”
    William Cullen Bryant compares the end of the year to the end-of-life experience

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  • Art and the Death Penalty
    Artist Julie Green’s “The Last Supper” exhibit makes a major statement about the death penalty

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  • “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe poem that inspired "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" carries an important message

    “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    The poem that inspired “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” carries an important message

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  • “Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.”
    -Tom Sims

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  • “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”
    -John W. Gardner

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  • “The Changeling”Discussing this unavoidable state as it pertains to "The Changeling"

    “The Changeling”
    Discussing this unavoidable state as it pertains to “The Changeling”

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