“The Thing I Am”, Jorge Luis Borges
From The Paris Review online: I have forgotten my name. I am not Borges (Borges died at La Verde, under fire) Nor am I Acevedo, dreaming of battle, Nor my…
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“Happiness means knowing how to limit some needs which only diminish us”
From Laudato Si, Pope Francis, 2015. Sections 222-223: Christian spirituality proposes an alternative understanding of the quality of life, and encourages a prophetic and contemplative lifestyle, one capable of deep…
Photographs of Jorge Luis Borges in Palermo, 1984, by Ferdinando Scianna
I came across this wonderful photo by Fernandino Scianna on twitter: Jorge Luis Borges by Ferdinando Scianna pic.twitter.com/A8JSHHq98C — Daniel Brami (@DanielBrami1) May 30, 2018 It turns out that on…
From “Quest for God in the Work of Borges”, Annette U. Flynn
I recently started this book by UCD Lecturer Annette U Flynn. Her biography is worth noting and outlines a winding if not forking path into academia: I grew up…
Séamus Sweeney 