reflections on the role of luck in public and private life, drawing on mythology, medieval poetry, and philosophy.

Rick Wilson has worked issues affecting low income and working families in WV for over 30 years and is now US economic justice director for the American Friends Service Committee. He’s a lifelong resident of WV, a contributing columnist for the Charleston Gazette-Mail, and has taught sociology for Marshall and WVU-Tech.

I left out being raised by wolves and killing the minotaur.