Life for Harry St. Croix has been paired down to its most basic elements, in some ways by choice, in some ways by fate, but for Harry who has become far advanced in years, a simple life can still be a good life, especially having the things closest to him he loves the most—his daughter and baseball.There's a certain satisfaction to be found as we follow Harry living life to its fullest even as it ebbs away ever so surely, and a joy in witnessing the care with which his daughter sus...

"Catchpenny" climbs the steps of public transportation with Wilbur, at once wealthy and powerful, at the next underfunded, on the lam, past middle-age, having no marketable skills.This story reveals hidden knowledge—hidden from some anyway—that a person is innately imbued with—about life: that they have to be resourceful and skilled and compassionate to survive in a world where, although they work hard everyday, they still struggle to make ends meet--but it's the struggle that make...

A comprehensive collection provides guidance and deep insight from a variety of experts in this emerging fieldThe rapidly developing field of interreligious studies fosters scholarship engaging two or more religious traditions at a time. Inherently multidisciplinary, the field brings the academic consideration of religions into conversation with the humanities and social sciences, employing relational, intersectional, experiential, and dialogical methodologies as it examines the in...