Andy Silver
@andy-silver.bsky.social
Hunter Prof of English, Mercer University•Documentary Theater playwright•19th Century AmLit, Comics, Medical Humanities•Author of *Minstrelsy and Murder* and https://www.ivourlives.org •Album *Fading Things and Things that Do Not Fade* streaming anywhere
Macon, Georgia. No kings.
June 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Macon, Georgia. No kings.
Horrifying. Unacceptable.
May 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Horrifying. Unacceptable.
On a cold day in America, those gathering in Macon, Georgia find warmth in the words and vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On a cold day in America, those gathering in Macon, Georgia find warmth in the words and vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
“Sung” by Gunnar Ekelöf. Everything of beauty we share is an act of resistance.
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
“Sung” by Gunnar Ekelöf. Everything of beauty we share is an act of resistance.
Poem for Sunday: “Here, There are Blueberries” by Mary Szybist.
November 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Poem for Sunday: “Here, There are Blueberries” by Mary Szybist.
“to your mad world there is
one answer: to refuse!”
— Maria Tsvetaeva, 1938
one answer: to refuse!”
— Maria Tsvetaeva, 1938
November 20, 2024 at 1:21 AM
“to your mad world there is
one answer: to refuse!”
— Maria Tsvetaeva, 1938
one answer: to refuse!”
— Maria Tsvetaeva, 1938
Vermeer
So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum
in painted quiet and concentration
keeps pouring milk day after day
from the pitcher to the bowl
the World hasn’t earned
the world’s end.
—Wisława Szymborska
So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum
in painted quiet and concentration
keeps pouring milk day after day
from the pitcher to the bowl
the World hasn’t earned
the world’s end.
—Wisława Szymborska
November 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Vermeer
So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum
in painted quiet and concentration
keeps pouring milk day after day
from the pitcher to the bowl
the World hasn’t earned
the world’s end.
—Wisława Szymborska
So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum
in painted quiet and concentration
keeps pouring milk day after day
from the pitcher to the bowl
the World hasn’t earned
the world’s end.
—Wisława Szymborska