Writing down Bones/32
Dear Poet, I wonder When you cried Where you cried Why you cried I cried living that story I cried writing that book I cry thinking of you crying When you do have words Or…
Category: Book of Mev
Upon Finishing The Book of Mev by Sandra Tamari
Am I deserving of that kind of love? Would she have been my friend? Would she have had kids by now? What happened to the cats? Waiting for Jad’s Tae Kwon Do to let out…
By the Blue Light of a Cell Phone
Dr Chmiel, I just flipped on CNN after getting home from rehearsal and immediately thought of our encounter on New Year’s Eve as I watched a saddening report on Gaza. My immediate reaction was desolation…
A Sense of Peace
I just pulled out your wonderful Book of Mev (as I often do) to re-read a chapter or two…it always brings me a sense of peace and a renewed faith…and of course reminds me of…
Truth Speaks for Itself by Lynn Lassalle-Klein
Dear Mark, I read The Book of Mev last summer while we were in Twain Harte for a summer vacation on the lake. Well, there is no way to sum up all the feelings I experienced. I…
Kurushindeta: A Response to The Book of Mev by Clara Takarabe
Dear Mark, I’m at Schiphol. I started your Book of Mev again and read it in about 7 hours. After p. 251, I cried through nearly every page. p. 303 nearly killed me. At the wake, p….
No Time for Secured Transactions, Professional Responsibility, or Constitutional Law II by Safa Alamir
Doc, I finally had access to my mailbox today. Your masterpiece was waiting for me. I needed it. I have been cold for months now; avoiding emotions, running away from hurt, fleeing pain. I was…
Prologue: Writing/1
I knew it was coming, but I just kept putting it off. When I was an undergraduate, I suffered from the debilitating condition of not being able to get very far on an assigned composition…