October 28, 2016
Reconsidering Lawrence, Rediscovering Conversation, and Recently Recommended
By LeRoy Lawson Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Scott Anderson New York: Anchor, 2014 Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age Sherry Turkle New York: Penguin Press, 2015 Above the Waterfall Ron Rash New York: Ecco, 2016 Fools Crow James Welch New York: Penguin, 2011 (originally published in 1987) For a reader, seeing is never enough. Neither is being there. You have to read up on it, get another”s point of view, reflect on and modify previous impressions. That happened with a vengeance earlier this year. My wife, Joy, and
