"Be always converting, and be always converted; turn us again, O Lord," Thomas Shepard urged his Cambridge congregation in the 1640s. This mandate coming down from American Puritan times to New Age seekers, to be "always converting, and always converted," places a radical burden on the self as site of renewal and world-change, even as conversion becomes surrounded by deconversion (rejection of prior beliefs) and counterconversion (turns to alternative beliefs) across global modernity.
Rob Wilson's reconceptualization of the American project of conversion begins with the story of...
"Be always converting, and be always converted; turn us again, O Lord," Thomas Shepard urged his Cambridge congregation in the 1640s. This mandate ...
A fantasy novel about a Great Blue Heron who magically understands English. This autobiographical story, as told to a human friend, begins when he is developing in the egg then progresses through many humorous adventures and mishaps. The book includes 40 beautiful bird photos.
A fantasy novel about a Great Blue Heron who magically understands English. This autobiographical story, as told to a human friend, begins when he is ...
Peter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making everything in her coloring book orange. Eve defies darkness turning past dreams into future memories.
12 Random Words / 12 Palabras al Azar is a bilingual collection of interior vignettes told in both English and Spanish. Each story is a tale of yearning, a fragment of discovery, a treasure.
Set in New York, Lima, Buenos Aires, and other cities, these short stories take unexpected turns along the path of remembrance, disappointment, and...
Peter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making every...
