Give Me a Word cid_4605 our patriotism

our patriotism

and that of his parents’ migration to the United States from Guatemala

I believe that is what my father wanted for me and knew I would so desperately need: a tool for survival

who always offers them the same loving refrain: “whatever you dream of / i believe you can be / from the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea

Nothing Personal is Baldwin’s deep probe into the American condition

Give Me a Word cid_4605 our patriotismYour word is waiting, hovering just beneath the surface. All you need is the quiet courage to listen and receive it. Beginning in around the third century CE, a group of monastics known as the desert mothers and fathers retreated to the deserts of northern Egypt, Syria, and Palestine to pursue lives of silence and prayer. A key phrase, repeated often among the sayings of the desert mothers and fathers, is "Give me a word." This tradition of asking for