Support a Gaza Cancer Center

It’s an honor to know Dr. Zeina Kiblawi; please consider making a contribution to this project. She writes: “Hi everyone! On April 1st, I’m running in the Palestine “Right to Movement” Marathon (I’ll be doing the 10K!!)…

Reading and Writing Inter-Are

What you have to do, I believe, is to believe that there is a reader, a listener, a needer, within yourself, who corresponds closely to those readers out there, and you have to satisfy that…

Words Not Hearable in the US Mainstream

Obama challenged Raúl Castro on Cuba’s human rights record And though Fidel is renowned for his loquacity, Raúl himself could have gone on for hours to Obama— Elaborating on the fact of a million U.S….

Dear Isabel (Letter/11)

Wednesday 1 July 2015 Dear Isabel End of page 12 and all of page 13 You WERE paralyzed with fear.  Fear comes and goes. You can write anything you want. You can go outside the…

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…

Dear Isabel (Letter/10)

The End of June 2015 Page 12, paragraph 1 Can you tell me the names of journalists you respect whose work you could also accurately describe as  “Self-serving, theatrical, and soothing”? The part of you…

Dear Isabel (Letter/9)

Monday 29 June 2015 Dear Isabel Glad you had friends visiting over the weekend and that you now have a little more space for your daily practices and chill time/spaces. Page 11, paragraph 1 Don…

Simple But Hard

Don’t start thinking of Gross Anatomy beginning in 5 months Just be here now Don’t get depressed by the upcoming summer convention spectacles Just be here now Don’t panic because of everything that has to…