Walker Larson holds a BA in writing and an MA in English literature. Prior to becoming a writer, he taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin. He is the author of two novels, Hologram and Song of Spheres. When not working on his acreage or spending time with family and friends, he blogs about literature and education on his Substack, The Hazelnut.
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I am not a carpenter, and my hands are more comfortable on a keyboard than a skill saw. But I took it upon myself to try to build something this summer, namely, a coat closet and built-in cabinets with a window seat around the window in our entryway, where coats and boots and other outdoor
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There’s an old story about a psychologist inching his way up a battered, gray-and-white speckled mountain. He scrapes and scrabbles his way up the cliff faces and ice walls, a breathless ascent, thinking all the time that he’ll enjoy in solitude an indescribable view with the knowledge of being the first person to ever scale
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Of all philosophical questions, the deepest and most perplexing might be what to do with an ordinary Tuesday afternoon. The question of the purpose of human life coincides with the reality of daily living, with all its banality, boredom, and half-obscured beauty. I think humanity has a fraught relationship with the everyday. Ordinary, uneventful days
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Political polarization in America – what drives it? One often-overlooked factor is simple misunderstanding – or, to use the technical term, the “perception gap.” This term refers to the significant gap between what one party thinks the other party believes and what it actually believes. According to “Perception Gap” research conducted by More in Common (MiC), a
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