Three Working Epigraphs for Forthcoming Book
Everybody too intransigent. Everybody too mean. —Allen Ginsberg Appreciation is the sacrament. —Allen Ginsberg You have to write your own history, nobody’s going to do it for you. —Allen Ginsberg
Month: November 2019
What To Do
“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live everyday, that we form by being together. There are…
What To Do
“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live everyday, that we form by being together. There are…
Things Come and Go
From Lionel Trilling‘s library to mine.
What a Joy to Run the World!
When corporate-endowed foundations first made their appearance in the United States, there was a fierce debate about their provenance, legality, and lack of accountability. People suggested that if companies had so much surplus money, they…
Human Rights Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Armed with their billions, these NGOs have waded into the world, turning potential revolutionaries into salaried activists, funding artists, intellectuals and filmmakers, gently luring them away from radical confrontation, ushering them in the direction of…
The Good News of Dipa Ma
Dear Friends, There’s a phrase I came across in the last twenty years—“news you can use”—which I think came from one of Pema Chödrön ’s books. Which reminds me of U.S. poet Ezra Pound’s version…
Two Passages from the Obama Photo Book
Michelle, Ma Belle Paul McCartney had been awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in a ceremony in the East Room. For most of the evening, other artists performed his songs. But for the conclusion,…
“Holy the Supernatural Extra Brilliant Intelligent Kindness of the Soul!”
The title comes from Allen Ginsberg’s poem, Howl
Free Julian!
As founder and editor of WikiLeaks, his crime has been to make sense of dark times. WikiLeaks has an impeccable record of accuracy and authenticity which no newspaper, no TV channel, no radio station, no…