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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 27 min read
What Talking About Books Across Kansas Can Do Over 32 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 1100
"So when we look at how a character changes the narrative of her life, we learn a lot about how we can do this too," I told ten people in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 113 min read
The Miracle of "Fast Car" Then and Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1092
By 1990, my Tracy Chapman cassette tape was played into such oblivion (and so repeatedly tangled in the car tape deck) that I had to buy...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Good Conversation on the Open Road: Everyday Magic, Day 1083
The temps soared to the high 90s, the sun was bright, and Ken and I took to the open road on Saturday for me to give a Humanities Kansas...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 19, 20232 min read
The Most Beautiful Thing is Now: Everyday Magic, Day 1080
As soon as we started driving west from Kansas City International Airport Monday, I fell in love again with late afternoon light play and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 12, 20223 min read
Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?: Everyday Magic, Day 1070
Time continually befuddles me, so much so that my last book of poetry was called How Time Moves, and I’m still deep in the muck of...