Dear Randa
6 September 2009 Dear Randa, Given how busy you must be, I can’t imagine that you would have brought along with you Robert Fisk’s The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. I…
Category: Friends
El Camino de Santiago by Dr. Brett Schrewe
A long while back, I put Dr. Brett Schrewe in touch with soon to be Dr. Amy (Nuismer) Afanasevich. Brett had walked the Camino years ago, and Amy was soon headed there. Brett offered the…
From Cheryl Sullivan in Santiago, Chile
la tumba de Víctor Jara que alma más apasionada que letra más bella The tomb of Víctor Jara What a passionate soul What a beautiful letter
Libraries
A big library really has the gift of tongues and vast potencies of telepathic communication. Northrop Frye
Sempre Avanti
Sempre avanti, Italian. “Always keep moving forward.” I first learned this expression from Helena, a friend who typically signed off her letters with this expression, or else with Coraggio. A historian and a convert to…
Share the Wealth with Thuy Khuu on Wednesday 28 December 2016
Have you noticed that toilet paper only comes in circular rolls? Has it occurred to you that it can be in other shapes, square for instance? What would happen then? Every day, we interact with…
Share the Wealth with Thuy Khuu on Wednesday 28 December 2016
Have you noticed that toilet paper only comes in circular rolls? Has it occurred to you that it can be in other shapes, square for instance? What would happen then? Every day, we interact with…
Can’t Wait for the USPS by Rob Trousdale (The Joy is Reciprocal)
A Response to a Letter from 4514 Chouteau Avenue How many times can one read the same 4 sentences? 14 and counting, I guess Your lines on Chomsky’s fire for linguistics Him, just diggin’ it…
From a Brand New Notebook by Katie Consamus
The magnificent Katie Consamus sent me this a while back, and I am happy to share it here. January 12, 2011 at 10:43pm From page one of a brand new notebook. Written first with a…
Facebook Wall Post from Chris Hesh, 11.20.2008
I saw a composition notebook and The Book of Mev with a college student attached yesterday night at the Gelateria. Mark ‘Omnipresent’ Chmiel