Aaron MeadMar 317 minWendell Berry's Jayber Crow on How to Find Your CallingRated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow, gives clues about how to find your calling.
Aaron MeadJan 64 minWere My Ancestors Pro-slavery Preachers?Bishop William Meade, a pro-slavery preacher, may be my ancestor. My novel, Neither Slave nor Free, alters that shameful family story.
Aaron MeadAug 14, 20224 minA Giacometti Portrait by James Lord: Giacometti Fixed My HeadJames Lord's portrait of Alberto Giacometti helps understand artistic restlessness and discontent.
Aaron MeadOct 6, 20204 minA Lesson in Anti-Racism: Esi Edugyan’s Washington BlackWashington Black suggests we should oppose racism not because it's morally wrong, but because we care about those who suffer from it.
Aaron MeadAug 6, 20173 minI, Claudius by Robert GravesAs part of the research for my fiction project telling the backstory of Philemon in the New Testament, I recently read I, Claudius by...
Aaron MeadJun 4, 20172 minAhab’s Failure to ForgiveI’ve been reading Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick and came across the following passage describing how Ahab’s mania for the great white...