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3 weeks ago | 
usnews.com | Jay Parini |Tucker Carlson |Wil Del Pilar |Albert Hunt
I’m about to retire from Middlebury College in Vermont after 50 years in the classroom. For me, this is a bittersweet moment. What adds “bitter” to the “sweetness” is that free speech is under attack on college campuses, just at the moment that I am leaving.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
imdb.com | Oren Moverman |Jay Parini
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
e-desinews.com | Jay Parini |Aryaa Dalwadi
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, $34.95. On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times and gravely wounded on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York just as he was preparing to give a public lecture on, of all things, the importance of keeping writers safe from harm.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Jay Parini
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Jay Parini
Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. His most recent book is “Borges and Me,” a memoir of his travels in the highlands of Scotland with Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges in 1971. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN. I write to you urgently, as your old neighbor from Scranton. My mother was your babysitter, and you and I sat at my kitchen table many decades ago.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Jay Parini
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Jay Parini
Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. His most recent book is “Borges and Me,” a memoir of his travels with Argentine fabulist Jorge Luis Borges in the highlands of Scotland in 1971. It will soon be turned into a film. The news is mostly tragic these days, with destructive wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the usual drumbeat of mass shootings and climate disasters. I’m often hesitant to turn on the radio when I wake up. What next?
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
poets.org | Mark Irwin |Jay Parini |Marcus Jackson |Adam J. Gellings
Skip to main contentFind and share the perfect poems. Page submenu blockI was born in the early evening behind an old door at the end of autumn. Imagine a woman with child. A mouthful of hair. A fist forming. A stone bathtub & a rough sink. Thick paste of salt & cold applied directly to the stain. Blue eyes. A collective gasp.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
cnn.com | Jay Parini
Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College in Vermont. His most recent book is “Borges and Me,” a memoir. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN — As much of the world now knows, Vermont is under water. The rains that swept the state in the past week have been nothing less than biblical.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
cnn.com | Jay Parini
Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. His most recent book, the memoir “Borges and Me,” is an account of his travels through the Scottish Highlands of Scotland with Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges in 1971. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion articles on CNN. CNN — As is increasingly apparent in many of his public appearances, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is rather like Donald Trump, only without the charm.
