Essays

By the edge of a wild sea lived seven brothers with their mother. After their father was lost to a storm, she forbade them to fish. But the boys grew hungry, and at last she could no longer hold back. “Go,” she said. “But if you lose even one of you, don’t come back.” They…

Here’s a lesson I’ve never quite mastered: letting go of a point. Back in the day, my friend Tricia and I were up late organizing a rally and various protests. It was after midnight, and I was ranting about one of our leaders’ baffling behavior—how annoyed I was. My friend Tricia had her baseball cap…