"Yet somehow the old discredited values and longings persist. We still have tender feelings for such outmoded notions as truth, respect for others, personal honor, justice, equitable sharing. We still hope for a happy ending. We still believe that we can save ourselves and our damaged earth — an indescribably difficult task as we discover that the web of life is far more mysteriously complex than we thought and subtly entangled with factors we cannot even recognize. But we keep on trying, because there’s nothing else to do."
Annie Proulx's National Book Awards Speech
Hurting
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Injuries are part of sports, they always say. But do injuries have to be
such a large part?
In professional basketball, for instance. In the past seas...
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