Open Secrets / Inward Prospects: Reflections on World and Soul
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ISBN: 1589880196 / Publisher: Paul Dry Books, October 2004
Observations and aphorisms written over more than thirty years
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<div><p>In her latest book, Eva Brann has collected observations and aphorisms written over more than thirty years. <i>Open Secrets / Inward Prospects</i> divides in a rough but ready way into two sorts: observations about our external world well known to all but not always openly told, and sightings of internal vistas and omens, wherein she looks at herself as a sample soul.</p><p>Often the aphorisms balance opposing thoughts, as if the writer were—simultaneously—on both ends of the seesaw.</p><p>In the preface Eva Brann describes her manner of composition: "I wrote these thoughts down on about two thousand sheets, two to three thoughts per paper, and I kept them in some used manila envelopes, the earliest of which bore a postmark of 1972."</p><p><b>Eva Brann</b> is a member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has taught for over fifty years. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her other books include <i>The Logos of Heraclitus</i>, <i>Feeling Our Feelings</i>, <i>Homage to Americans</i>, <i>The Music of the Republic</i>, <i>Un-Willing</i>, <i>Then and Now</i>, and <i>Homeric Moments</i> (all published by Paul Dry Books).</p><br></div>
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