Tayloring the Audience

May 22, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Photo by David Adamson on Unsplash By Cordelia Fitzgerald Honestly, it’s rather impressive that the commencement speech at a little college of 2,300 students has gained so much press (for comparison Yale has 17,000 and Notre Dame 13,000). Yes, the speaker was a member of that almost deified organization known as the NFL. More importantly, […]

Beowulf and the Danish Passport Officer

August 9, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

The clapped-out Boeing / wheezed to the gate // The ground crew jumped / name-tags rattling // And swiftly moored / the shining ocean-bird