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Rest In Peace, Art Schoeck

Rest In Peace, Art Schoeck

To understand the depth of my grief for the loss of my friend Art Schoeck, you’d have to know something about the context. In 1991, I had applied to the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University, and moved from Iowa City to Atlanta without knowing whether or not I was accepted.  I had intended to get my Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, but had taken a Masters degree and left when I wasn’t able to pursue my…

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Friendship Above Disagreement

Friendship Above Disagreement

This is more like it… Beauty in My Friend’s Death by Paula Gordon at The Huffington Post Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is how the world knew her, a scholar and intellectual. It was Betsey I knew. Our friendship was a practice in an unfashionable truth — people need not agree to be steadfast, life-long, dear friends. … Over the years, it was always a surprise when Betsey and I found each other, all the more so when we both ended up in…

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