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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."
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.”
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.”
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.”
Ten Things
by Leslie Pietrzyk, August 2000 (Issue 296)
(Fiction)
Posted on: January 01, 2008
Recommended by: Rachel Elliott, Editorial Associate
Why she likes it: “Because love is in the details.”
The Prayer Of The Body
An Interview With Stephen R. Schwartz
by Sy Safransky, October 1992 (Issue 202)
(The Sun Interview)
Posted on: December 01, 2007
READ SELECTIONThe Unhealed Life
by Yaƫl Bethiem, January 1989 (Issue 158)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)
Posted on: November 01, 2007
READ SELECTIONOn Being Unable To Breathe
by Stephen T. Butterfield, March 1988 (Issue 148)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)
Posted on: October 01, 2007
READ SELECTIONGiving Away Gardens
by Dan Barker, December 1990 (Issue 181)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)
Posted on: September 01, 2007
READ SELECTIONUniting The Opposites
An Interview With M.C. Richards
by Sy Safransky, March 1989 (Issue 160)
(The Sun Interview)
Posted on: August 01, 2007
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