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Selections from the August issue
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Favorite from the archives
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 From the February 2009 issue:
Final Dispositions
Fiction by Linda McCullough Moore
“My family is deciding what to do with me. I am the oldest sibling. Always have been. I thought the years might mute the effect of that, but nothing so far. I have been, and I remain, the reason why the siblings take each new birthday with some measure of aplomb: Well, I’m still four, seven, fourteen years younger than her. My age, their comfort.”
The Sun’s administrative assistant Holly McKinney writes: “I love this story because each time I read it, I walk away with a smile on my face and a swollen heart. McCullough Moore’s Margaret is one of the most likeable characters I have ever encountered.”
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 A co-owner of a New York City digital-media firm contemplates altruism, self-interest, and the importance of motivation after discovering David Kupfer’s interview with Judy Wicks [“Table for Six Billion, Please,” August 2008] while on vacation in Vermont.
Salon.com advice columnist Cary Tennis points a disillusioned volunteer to David Cook’s interview with Tim Wise [“By the Color of Their Skin,” July 2009]. Meanwhile, a young mother in Asheville, North Carolina, reflects on the interview and considers how her marriage to a Hispanic man has affected her thinking about white privilege.
Reacting to a Toni Morrison quote [Sunbeams, July 2009], a legal assistant in Jackson, Mississippi, discusses racism, discrimination, and the difficulties that “hyphenated minorities” continue to face in America.
A novelist in Raleigh, North Carolina, ruminates on examples of everyday courage after running across an essay by former waitress Alison Clement [“They Always Call You ‘Miss’,” March 2005].
A Sun contributor in Amsterdam finds a publisher for her memoir and faces some unexpected fears while quietly celebrating her good fortune.
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 Into The Fire:
The Sun Celebrates Personal Writing
Join Sun readers, authors, and staff — including editor and publisher Sy Safransky — for a weekend of investigating our lives through the written word. The Sun’s fall gathering will be held on October 30–November 1 at Esalen, a retreat center situated on twenty-seven acres of spectacular Big Sur coastline. A large enrollment is expected; we recommend registering soon by contacting the Esalen Institute, 55000 Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920, (831) 667-3005, www.esalen.org.
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