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Carla Seaquist

Carla Seaquist

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Dec 1, 2025

“Across the Kitchen Table” — a great holiday read for the whole family

One reviewer: Carla Seaquist’s Across the Kitchen Table is a beautifully written and deeply moving memoir that speaks to the heart…

Carla Seaquist

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Mar 20, 2025

Plays for Our Times: “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder

[From Carla’s husband Larry: Written in her final days, this completes the publication of Carla’s essays, each created as she stood…

Plays for Our Times: “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder

Carla Seaquist

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Jan 14, 2025

“Across the Kitchen Table: A Mother and Daughter Turn Tragedy into Peace” is published today!

Well done, Carla!

“Across the Kitchen Table: A Mother and Daughter Turn Tragedy into Peace” is published today!

Carla Seaquist

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Nov 21, 2024

Films for Our Times: “On the Beach” (1959)

Third in series from Carla’s Vault, prompted by a fresh round of nuclear theats.

Films for Our Times: “On the Beach” (1959)

Carla Seaquist

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Nov 2, 2024

“The Custom of the Country” by Edith Wharton

Getting and spending is “the custom of the country” under review in this 1913 novel by perhaps the acutest observer ever of American…

“The Custom of the Country” by Edith Wharton

Carla Seaquist

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Oct 19, 2024

Books for Our Times: “Why Nations Fail”

by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

Carla Seaquist

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Sep 30, 2024

Plays for Our Times: “An Enemy of the People”

or Idealism Descended to Egoism

Plays for Our Times: “An Enemy of the People”

Carla Seaquist

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Aug 14, 2024

The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent

“Easy is the descent to the lower depths; but to retrace your steps and to escape to the upper air — this is the task, this is the toil.”…

The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent

Carla Seaquist

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Jul 23, 2024

With Biden Stepping Aside, There’s Hope Now that Democrats Can Save Democracy

When I first heard President Biden was stepping aside as the Democratic nominee, my first thought was: “There’s hope — hope for democracy.”

With Biden Stepping Aside, There’s Hope Now that Democrats Can Save Democracy

Carla Seaquist

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Jul 11, 2024

Films for Our Times: “12 Angry Men”

Fourth in an ongoing series, Films for Our Times

Films for Our Times: “12 Angry Men”

Carla Seaquist

Carla Seaquist

Carla (1944-2024) examined life at the crossroads of politics, culture and the American character. New book "Across the Kitchen Table." www.carlaseaquist.com.

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