Let whose dog is without sin cast the first stone

Let whose dog is without sin cast the first stone

by | Jun 6, 2017 | Personal Apologies

Cousins of Sorrywatch were new to rural Montana. Their neighbors had chickens, including a rackety rooster. One day the chicken owners came by and told my cousins that their dog – call her Nickel – had come over and killed 11 of their chickens. Horrified, my cousins...
Facts to know before you face the committee

Facts to know before you face the committee

by | Nov 28, 2016 | Historical Apologies

When the late poet Maxine Kumin had to defend her Radcliffe thesis, the committee asked questions about the thesis – “Amorality and the Protagonist in the Novels of Stendhal and Dostoevsky” – and also questions to test her general knowledge. She called it “torture.”...

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