The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why

Sometimes a Young Poet is Just Another Young Man Snared in the Agony of Love
Bruce Floyd | December 27, 2012
Last night I read a short essay on the poet John Keats. The essayist begins by stating the obvious–that is, something anyone reading the essay …

Shooting into the Dark
Kirby Farrell | December 20, 2012
We are meaning-making creatures, and when a disaster appears utterly senseless to us, it intensifies the anguish. This has been true of the rampage in Connecticut, …