by Toni McNaron | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) tells us stasis means equilibrium, coming from a Latin word meaning “stopping circulation or movement.” When this word comes into my mind, I picture two people on an old-fashioned see-saw when they are eye-to-eye and...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I began my career teaching literature at the University of Minnesota in 1964, I lectured. That’s how I’d been taught as an undergraduate and graduate student, occasionally by brilliant lecturers who gave me hoards of facts and concepts, some of which...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently I was in Birmingham with a close friend. We’d flown into the city so we could drive to Montgomery to experience the Legacy Memorial and accompanying museum focused on lynchings in America. My friend asked if I’d show her where I was born....
