Give Me a Word cid_4605 “The desert

“The desert

Nothing Personal is Baldwin’s deep probe into the American condition

sewn your clothes

who always offers them the same loving refrain: “whatever you dream of / i believe you can be / from the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea

our patriotism

Give Me a Word cid_4605 “The desertYour word is waiting, hovering just beneath the surface. All you need is the quiet courage to listen and receive it. Beginning in around the third century CE, a group of monastics known as the desert mothers and fathers retreated to the deserts of northern Egypt, Syria, and Palestine to pursue lives of silence and prayer. A key phrase, repeated often among the sayings of the desert mothers and fathers, is "Give me a word." This tradition of asking for