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I Am by Laura Aranda I am on my way I am haven’t yet arrived and the in the in-between I am that bliss you find in a mountain rainstorm in a solitary blade of…
Tag: Bella Levenshteyn
When I Am a Supreme Practitioner of Self-Care
Having a rejuvenating ninety-four minutes On the phone when all alone With Bella Levenshteyn
Another Ukraine Khurbn
Dear Bella I just finished my second Svetlana Alexievich book, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. You are one of the very few people with whom I could share this text…
Bella Levenshteyn Engages with Her Critics/1
“Why are you people here? Why are you making this fuss?” “Sir, people are suffering, that’s why.” “But people are suffering right here, too I’ve got buddies who were sprayed Why don’t you think of…
If You Dare
Dear Bella Levenshteyn Here’s an assignment YOU’LL NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH ON— 1. Select five of your dearest friends; 2. ask each to email or text you five of your most wonderful traits; 3. give them…
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
To Hold the Heft of Your Words in My Hands
OK. I Confess: I’m afraid I won’t live long enough To hold in my wrinkled hands A nasturtium-colored book entitled The Collected Writings of Bella Levenshteyn (v. 1, much less v.1-7) But on the bright side…
Postscript
Dear Bella Levenshteyn. I just wrote you a love letter. Stamped and licked the envelope. I loved writing it. Loved thinking about you. Loved thanking you. Love that a pol-sci major has become such a…
Monkey Mind
Dear Bella Levenshteyn Do you ever have one of those days When you swing from wanting One thing to another Days like I seem to have with such frequency I know for sure I’m meshugah…
Remember This
Bella Levenshteyn It’s never too late to read Amos To live Amos Here in these United States of Havoc Where we manufacture the bullets & bombs & fighter jets That are distributed all over the…