My Bronx, Your Bronx
When Allen Ginsberg visited Israel in 1961, he met up with the eminent scholar Gerschom Scholem. Scholem found Ginsberg “A likable fellow. Genuine. Strange, mad, but genuine.” At one point in their getting acquainted,…
Month: May 2016
Obituary by Dianne Lee
Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, 91, died at her home in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on May 26, 2016. An internationally renowned, respected and admired advocate for human and civil rights, Hedy was encircled by friends…
The Mystical, The Existential
Dear Bella Levenshteyn I was reading Pierre Hadot’s Plotinus, or The Simplicity of Vision, and the following passage reminded me of our recent discussion at Café Disponibilidade. Suggestion: read a few pages of Hadot on…
The Knight of the Mournful Countenance
“The calling that I profess,” replied DQ, “does not permit me to do otherwise. An easy pace, pleasure, and repose — those things were invented for delicate courtiers; but toil, anxiety, and arms — they…
Let Emily Dickinson Reassure You
Dear Bella Levenshteyn Let Emily Dickinson reassure you– Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye — Much Sense — the starkest Madness — ‘Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail —…
Old Music by Colin McLaughlin
For years, I was obsessed with my mandolin. It was my travel companion–out of town, long walk, over night–I always had my trusty mandolin slung over my shoulder. It got worn down and weary looking,…
Two Instant Pick-Me-Ups
Becca Gorley Danielle Mackey
On the subject of good news…
A friend who is taking an online class with me wrote the following … My good news is that even though the motorist honked at me and flipped me off and yelled at me to…
Shimmelstoy’s Way
Henry put me in touch with Darren Crews Prof in the French Department At Bloomington After I’d been home awhile One weekend I drove to see him He visits the West Bank most every summer…
the moving-in-brooklyn blues by Lindsey Trout Hughes
“Master Sigh” on the record player and August finds me in the kitchen to tell me that these sounds make him so so sad “Do they make you sad too, Mama?” “No, baby. These sounds…