an agar plate of mundanity
who serves as their centre of gravity
Confirmed contributors so far include: Hilary Mantel
a revelatory depiction of contentment
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers
A Grief Observed Jhumpa Lahiri an agar plate of mundanityIn April 1956, C. S. Lewis, a confirmed bachelor, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four brief, intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and Lewis found himself alone again, and inconsolable. To defend himself against the loss of belief in God, Lewis wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered faith. In it he freely confesses his doubts, his rage, and his awareness of human frailty. In it he