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Favorites From the Archives

Each month we post a new selection from The Sun's archives, which date back to 1974. Some of the works are staff favorites or suggestions from readers. Others are chosen from our three Best Of The Sun anthologies.

Click here to suggest a favorite interview, short story, essay, or poem from The Sun, and please tell us briefly why you like it. We might post your selection in the upcoming months.

Beyond Happiness And Unhappiness

An Interview With Spiritual Teacher Eckhart Tolle

by Steve Donoso, July 2002 (Issue 319)
(The Sun Interview)

Posted on: May 01, 2008

Recommended by: Angela Winter, Associate Publisher, Digital Media & Operations
Why she likes it: "This interview introduced me to Eckhart Tolle, whose lucid, straightforward teaching about the nature of consciousness continues to ring bell-like through my awareness."

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Ecstasy

by Steve Almond, June 2001 (Issue 306)
(Fiction)

Posted on: March 31, 2008

Recommended by: Krista Bremer, Associate Publisher, Circulation & Marketing
Why she likes it: “This story captures the world according to a nineteen-year-old full of passion and insecurity, and evokes those brief, ecstatic moments of our youth that are seared into our hearts forever.”

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The Blue Devils Of Blue River Avenue

by Poe Ballantine, August 1997 (Issue 260)
(Fiction)

Posted on: February 29, 2008

Recommended by: Andrew Snee, Senior Editor
Why he likes it: “It’s a childhood story about Jack-in-the-Box, vinyl upholstery, and the foreign lands of other kids’ houses.”

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Dr. Harris's Residence

by Gillian Kendall, September 1999 (Issue 285)
(Fiction)

Posted on: January 30, 2008

Recommended by: Becky Gee, Director of Finance
Why she likes it: “This story is a reminder that what appears safe and nurturing on the surface can be quite the opposite underneath.”

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