John Shepherd

“In all of life, the greatest moments are those that have no words. The deepest communication is a knowing; a thing expressed that needs no expression. At such moments there’s a meeting of the eyes, a shared recognition, but no words. In fact the quieter such moments are, the more they are packed with meaning.” This little excerpt from “The Other Side of the Ring” illustrates the way in which this story seeks out what cannot be spoken. Told in a series of essays which form a story, “The...