John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: An Exploration of Inklings


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In this week’s essay, John Dickerson looks back on a Sunday morning in 2021, and ruminates on the empty spaces left behind by the people that once filled our lives.

Notebook Entries:

Notebook 75, page 6. September 5, 2021:

“Oh my god. We dropped our son at college and our dog is dead.” – Anne.

References:

“Sunday Morning Coming Down” by Johnny Cash

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot

When Someone You Love is Upset, Ask This One Question” by Jancee Dunn for the New York Times

A Case of ‘Sunday Neurosis’” by Jena McGregor for the Washington Post

Waking Early Sunday Morning” by Robert Lowell

Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing by Brad Stulberg

Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed

“Alabama Pines” by Jason Isbell

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.

Host

John Dickerson

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