Category Archives: Music

And So, The Cruelest Month

Posted on April 1, 2012 by awtraughber

APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH, T. S. Eliot wrote at the beginning of his masterpiece, “The Waste Land.” And so here we are, this first day of April.  For the poet, April was cruel for its “breeding/ Lilacs out of … Continue reading →

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Song of Freedom . . . and Law

Posted on March 31, 2012 by awtraughber

MY FRIDAY MORNING started with an interesting discussion with a student about the works and thoughts of Dostoyevsky.  Since I didn’t know much more than the average English major on the topic, we ended up discussing the strange relationship between … Continue reading →

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Tenth Post and My Favorite Song of All Time?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by awtraughber

I THINK WordPress might throw me a party for getting up to a tenth post here. Well, not really.  But they do count down for you, for your first ten at least.  And so here it is.  If you’re reading … Continue reading →

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Learning and Lent

Posted on February 27, 2012 by awtraughber

HOPEFULNESS seems like a strange way to start the season of Lent, I suppose.  With a closer look, though, I think we’d find every religious impulse, every act of faith, so somehow rooted in hope.  Even discipline.  Perhaps with discipline … Continue reading →

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Can You Begin Again?

Posted on February 19, 2012 by awtraughber

TWENTY YEARS AGO, U2 released Achtung Baby, the album that would surpass The Joshua Tree as the band’s best in the eyes and ears of many.  Last year, Davis Guggenheim released a documentary about the period of time between those … Continue reading →

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