Elan Barnehama and Amy Lou Jenkins in a Conversation about Long-Term Friendships ALJ. When I read your wonderful essay “Showing Up,’ now published in FRIENDS, I was struck by feelings of estrangement and, on the other hand, the comfort of friends. These two emotions seemed to be bantering throughout the essays. It felt familiar and …
Betsy Robinson and Amy Lou Jenkins in a Conversation About What can be Learned Within Friendships of Contrast Buy Friends at Amazon or your favorite bookseller including your indie bookstore. ALJ Hi Betsy, I loved your essay, ‘Two Kinds of Gardeners,’ in Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship and I admit, I tend to …
Considering Aristotle and Nicomachean Ethics on Friendship Can friendships be sorted into one of three categories as Aristotle postulated? Since we are still talking about what he had to say way back in 350 B.C.E., we are culturally bound to his analysis of friendships. Still, I think cultural mobility, the digital age, and the emphases …