Querida Aryanna
At last After thousands of lectures Tens of thousands of test questions Innumerable essays, interviews, rotations You’re now an M.D. And in the first week of your residency!
Just This
Bella Levenshteyn I hope you are … Smiling (hourly) Singing (daily) Laughing (one hundred times a fortnight) PS
Into the Interior by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I am your whispered voice your inside voice your interior voice your unheard voice your unspoken voice
How You Know Your Soul Is in Trouble by Amy Nuismer
1. you look forward to going to the bathroom to be alone, take off your mask & cry quietly 2. being in the 21st grade and knowing absolutely nothing about happiness 3. being so immersed…
Ser Paz
Thích Nhất Hạnh: Si estamos en paz, si somos felices, podemos florecer; y todos, en nuestra familia, en toda la sociedad, se beneficiarán de nuestra paz.
August Introduction to Poets: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
At this month’s Introduction to Poets, it will be my pleasure to share the work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His 1958 A Coney Island of the Mind has sold more than a million copies. We will…
“Soneto amargo a la taza de café” de Ricardo Castorrivas (El Salvador)
Es la musa que anima a los poetas que van al cafetín de tarde en tarde. Mientras hablan de versos y cometas, la cafeína en sus cerebros arde…
Arab Writers in Translation Reading Group for August
On Wednesday 22 August, we will discuss Iraqi novelist Mahmoud Saeed’s short 2004 work, Saddam City.* We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the even-numbered months at the Center for Survivors of Torture and War…
Introduction to Poets: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
In late August, we will resume our monthly Introduction to Poets gathering. I will be happy to share on the life and work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whom I would occasionally see on the streets of…
Send Me (J’aurais toujours faim de votre écriture)
Bella Levenshteyn Send me your grocery list. Send me your nerdiness über alles summer reading list. Send me a 100-line poem with old-school rhyme scheme. Send me your uncensored 30th (but who’s counting?) birthday wish. Send…