What a delight and honor to be preaching and speaking at Chautauqua this week!

Judith Graham spoke with Lynn Casteel Harper, minister for older adults at NYC’s famed Riverside Church, about the spiritual dimension of aging. khn.org/MTM1ODY0Ng via Kaiser Health News

Excited to be in conversation with Jeannie Blaustein Reimagine in Beyond the Book Interview series hosted by Ronald Fatoullah & Associates: tinyurl.com/cx8x6byz

Join us for Transformation Tuesday - we will be exploring Spirituality in Nursing Homes on October 12 at 2 pm ET. Please RSVP here and share: bit.ly/3iemOuP

Older adults speak out about #ageism they've experienced when seeking health care services. My latest column, a lead-up to KHN's panel on ageism on Oct. 21. cnn.com/2021/10/17/hea…

What a rich piece that explores dimensions of containment and control in dementia care environments and advocates for dementia inclusive spaces. Grateful to be a part of this vital conversation.

A jazz drummer's meditation on the virtue of repetition, the unheroic, and doing the ordinary with attention. I'm biased, but this piece is absolutely stunning. "Notes on Timekeeping" by Ryan Harper Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine fatalflawlit.com/essay-pieces/n…

What an honor and delight to speak with Doug Fabrizio KUER's RadioWest about On Vanishing and reimagining dementia in more human, humanizing terms.

Class, race, and gender all play a far bigger role in shaping our lives and ideologies than age does. We need anti-racist politicians who aren’t in thrall to corporate interests, not “middle-aged leadership.” #ExposeAgeism nytimes.com/2022/06/03/opi…

Turning I watch the latest Americans redlining across the Longfellow— emergent, bundled, and slow in profile against the north sky; light breaking in their train windows - "Lines from New York, On the Massachusetts" by Ryan Harper bit.ly/3AJESWi

Having experienced and relished the daily rhythms of this drummer and true soul a long time, I have a special affinity for "Notes on Timekeeping." Grateful to see its nomination, and congrats to all the nominees!

Grateful to be part of this conversation on dementia and stigma columbianewsservice.com/2023/02/02/wit…

Grateful for this article, helping to break stigma around FTD. Thankful to be included in the discussion. #FTD #dementia #BruceWillis Bruce Willis diagnosed with FTD: How churches can respond pastorally to people with dementia baptistnews.com/article/bruce-… via Baptist News Global

"Nothing so insistent in the air— so on, so on I understand the hammer beating toneless on a wall a body a whole #city called to its order" #Construction by Ryan Harper is out #today #poetry #poetrytwitter picciolettabarca.com/posts/construc…

An honor to be included The Sun magazine as it celebrates founding editor, Sy Safransky (whose piece on his retirement is beautiful & brave). I am grateful for the conversation on dementia with the compassionate & brilliant Derek Askey. thesunmagazine.org/issues/576/spe… via @thesunmagazine

Jumping the Turnstyle / Ryan Harper thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2024/02/27/jum…

Love this one, especially after seeing the exquisite Portrait of Joseph Roulin this weekend at MoMA. #vangogh #poem

Grateful to America Magazine for a chance to broaden the Biden conversation to include a deeper understanding of and resistance to #ageism, with invaluable insights from Ashton Applewhite. americamagazine.org/politics-socie…