First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

by Joe Moran

For everyone is an equal citizen in the state of sentencehood. Sentences give us a shared space to find meaning in the world together. Like any form of human culture—breaking bread, making music, playing games—they bind us to each other and to the earth.

For everyone is an equal citizen in the state of sentencehood. Sentences give us a shared space to find meaning in the world together. Like any form of human culture—breaking bread, making music, playing games—they bind us to each other and to the earth.