One of the Early Influences on “Dear Layla”
We could be like two people who inject themselves with truth serum and at long last have to tell it, the truth. I want to be able to say to myself, “I bled truth…
Month: September 2016
Sounds like a Three on the Enneagram
“I have an energetic personality. I love and want to get along with people. I am unusually joyous. I have strong convictions. My weaknesses are the flip-sides of my strengths. I can be domineering and…
Share the Wealth with Marilyn Vazquez: Sunday 2 October 2016
I came to the U.S when I was five months old, and attended public schools, made friends, and played sports my whole life. I will be speaking about the two key issues facing the integrated…
A Most Unsolemn Request
At my wake or funeral With a big smile on your shining-with-sri face Announce: “Happy Continuation Day, Shimmelstoy!”
Ann Manganaro, Teka Childress, Ellen Rehg
We were just sitting there talking when Peter Maurin came in. We were just sitting there talking when lines of people began to form, saying, “We need bread.” We could not say, “Go, be…
Ale’s Walls
Ale Vazquez sent me this text and photo: Mev in my room–I just put them up yesterday! And now when I look at them I think of you and Mev and Angelica and México and…
Band name ideas
You could make a fortune.
Sharing a Common Suffering
–Brandon Sampson recently finished his Master’s at the University of Chicago.
White Gods by Zenique Gardner
Zenique was in the summer Writing Rejuvenation class, and she contributed to our rejuvenation in several ways. She gave me permission to share the following. I was in Africa for less than a week when I encountered their…
Epistolary Ecstasy (Love Letters, Notes of Gratitude, Postcards with Brio): An Autumn Writing Class
“Dear God, I am fourteen years old. I am I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.” Alice Walker, The Color…