After Our Visit, Bella Levenshteyn Sent Me This Text
Just cried many many happy/grateful/I miss you/what did I do to deserve Perry’s friendship/I-love-you-so-eternally tears –from Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
Month: March 2016
Dear Isabel (Letter/8)
Sunday 28 June 2015 Pages 9-10 Dear Isabel You can feel free to cal me all the Spanish swear words you know, but I think—get ready to attack—you are way too hard on yourself. I’m referring…
The Journey of a Billion Miles Begins with a Single Breath
You have to get below the roiling waves of anger You have to stand shoulder-deep in sadness Then you can water your compassion and embrace one person after another Then you can see yourself in…
Dear Isabel (Letter/7)
Friday 26 June 2015 Dear Isabel Happy Friday, you’ve finished one week at the new job. Page 8, top paragraph I take back what I said yesterday about boycotting the word “solidarity.” That first sentence…
Dear Isabel (Letter/6)
Thursday 25 June 2015 Dear Isabel And so I continue…. Page 6, paragraph 1 The needs you mention here (arising from your journalistic writing in a specific place) aren’t peculiar or idiosyncratic—all humans have the…
Courage
Mrs. Mười was devoted to the Revolution Mostly away for nine years, her husband was assisting the Revolution All of her sons and daughters eventually contributed to the Revolution In vain the South Vietnamese military…
Share the Wealth with Savannah Sisk : How To Think Like a Sociologist OR The Importance of Asking “Why?” OR Follow the Money! OR What Karl Marx Has To Do with Occupational Therapy OR A Fireside Chat with Savannah (No Actual Fire Included)
I think Karl Marx would be a fan of sociology for the masses: no theorists, no jargon, no advanced education needed. So, there will be no name-dropping (outside of Marx, of course), no academic discussion,…
Dear Isabel (Letter/5)
Wednesday 24 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 5 Ah, claridad in El Salvador, because it is (seems?) so black and white. Your description of what living there, amidst violence, gives you is powerful; e.g., “vulnerability is…
U.S. War Logic
“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” —U.S. officer, speaking of Ben Tre, 1968 We had to burn their huts to protect them from the Communists. We had to napalm the people…
Dear Isabel (Letter/4)
Tuesday 23 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 4, line 3 Have you, with all your white privilege, ever led the space of non-whites? Did you simply choose journalism because it made you feel special and…