I have an ideas book at home with far more ideas than I will ever be able to write.

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• Jay Parini:

  I say that a myth is a story which has particular energy, mythic resonance. I always say that a myt

• Jay Parini:

  Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. An

• Jay Parini:

  I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do

• Jay Parini:

  Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine an

• Jay Parini:

  If you think about it, Jesus was this religious genius who grows up on the Silk Road, and so He's g

• Jay Parini:

  I still have deep respect for the evangelical tradition and feel, in many ways, close to the Baptis

• Jay Parini:

  I'm tired of hearing about this 'well-regulated militia' that is so necessary for American freedom.

• Jay Parini:

  I suspect that the framers of the Bill of Rights have long since rolled over in their graves.

• Jay Parini:

  I've been teaching full-time for 41 years at small colleges, and I can't imagine what it would mean

• Jay Parini:

  Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur,