Whether you've followed, or care to follow, the various degrees of sadness surround Virginia Quarterly Review lately, you should read this. Over at The Rumpus, Steve Almond separates the wheat from the chaff:
We’re going to destroy ourselves as a species if we lose the capacity to imagine the suffering of others. One way to do this – the best way – is via our imaginations, via storytelling. It’s our job to help spread that particular virus, in our work and our lives. The point isn’t to take sides. There are no sides. There’s just the one side. And we’re all on it.
To read the entire piece, go here: "Let Us Now Raze Famous Men"
