Category: Correspondence

Dear Isabel (Letter/5)

Wednesday 24 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 5 Ah, claridad in El Salvador, because it is (seems?) so black and white.  Your description of what living there, amidst violence, gives you is powerful; e.g., “vulnerability is…

Dear Isabel (Letter/4)

Tuesday 23 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 4, line 3 Have you, with all your white privilege, ever led the space of  non-whites? Did you simply choose journalism because it made you feel special and…

Dear Isabel (Letter/1)

Saturday 20 June 2015 Dear Isabel What an honor to receive your letter. It could be published AS IS on a blog. You could give it as A TED Talk. (18 minutes!)

Because We Say So

Dear Kelley, I’m delighted that you inquired about where to start with reading Noam Chomsky. I look forward to discussing Hegemony or Survival with you in a  couple  of weeks. Back in 1986—those horrid years…

Remembering Mev in San Antonio

Hi, Mark! Hope that this new year is one full of blessings for you. You’ve probably already received lots of copies of the article on Mev but decided to send it just in case. This…

Learning from Mev by Thomas McKanna

The following correspondence is from Thomas McKanna, who is taking my Social Justice seminar at Maryville University. He wrote a reflection on The Book of Mev to his friend Matthew. Hi Matthew, As I told you…

What’s on My Mind … 

for Wendy Lee How to relax How to listen to Gould’s recording of Bach’s Toccata in D Major How to observe like David Grossman How to stay open amid any outbreaks of intransigence How to make…