Archive - Wising Up Together- Karen Cricket Harris

Holding on for dear life, and also love

The Death-Grip Loves, Jane Kenyon's "Let Evening Come," and Figuring Out What's Yours to Let

Mar 25 •

February 2025

What Chaos Can We Toss? What Past Can We Love?

Andrade's Souvenir of the Ancient World, Chaos, Ongoingness, and Tossing Stuff You Don't Want People to Read After You Die

Feb 16 •

January 2025

Somebody Loves Us All

Elizabeth Bishop's "Filling Station," and even more proof

Jan 12 •

December 2024

No Swimming in the Government Lake

Sketchy Guys in Charge, "The Government Lake" by James Tate, and One Good Surprise

Dec 10, 2024 •

October 2024

Not Waving but Drowning

The Hazards of Pretending We're All Fine

Oct 20, 2024 •

August 2024

A House Going Quiet

Wallace Stevens and Reading a Restless Mind

Aug 25, 2024 •

July 2024

The Age of Innocence, Shoplifting, and The Bear

"Coastal" by Mark Doty and the Audacity of Childhood

Jul 4, 2024 •

May 2024

Moving as a Pack, Part I: Hearing Things

Mark Doty’s poem A Display of Mackerel and the beauty in numbers

May 11, 2024 •

March 2024

Are You For Real, Beautiful Bird?

Decoys, Poverty, Plenty, and Jamaal May's "There Are Birds Here"

Mar 14, 2024 •

February 2024

And Some Time Make the Time: Looking Where You're Going, and Seamus Heaney's "Postscript"

Postscript by Seamus Heaney And some time make the time to drive out west Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore, In September or October, when the…

Feb 14, 2024 •

January 2024

Mixtapes, Giving Our Best, a Stolen Telecaster, and a New Year’s Mix for Readers

When I was a kid and old enough to go to the mall by myself, my father would give me his Jordan Marsh credit card and some cash before Christmas and…

Jan 10, 2024

December 2023

High Anxiety, Maggie Dietz’s "Zoloft," and the Curse of Being an Interesting Case

The crucial component of successful treatment is the willingness to experience anxiety (including panic attacks) during portions of the treatment.

Dec 14, 2023 •

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