From a Recent Notebook
Of course, Diane di Prima is in My Canon… Because she honored Suzuki Roshi’s unprecedented presenceBecause she made the case for old-school being literally in touchBecause she gave primacy to cosmologyBecause I gifted C. with…
Tag: Magan Wiles
Share the Wealth with Social Workers: In Support of Magan Wiles
My friend Magan Wiles (actor, activist, correspondent, tangoista, mutual aider) just asked me to write a letter of recommendation for her as she wants to get a Master’s degree in Social Work at Cal State….
A Letter from 2005
April 6, 2005 Dear Andrew, I recently finished a small book by Edward Said, Humanism and Democratic Criticism, and it made me think of many conversations we’ve had over the past couple of years. So…
An Actor
Sealing the Deal A couple of months after The Book of Mev came out, I did a reading and signing at at Left Bank Books in Saint Louis’s Central West End. I asked one of…
Share the Wealth with Magan Wiles: Decolonizing Tango
Three days after the video of George Floyd’s murder went viral, I saw a video on Facebook of my friend Jay standing at a busy intersection in LA, holding up a sign that said “where…
Wednesday 10 May: Share the Wealth with Magan Wiles — BECAUSE MY HEART IS HUNGRY FOR YOURS: My Torrid Love Affair With Argentine Tango
Argentine Tango developed in the late 19th century in the working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, which were teeming with lonely young men from Italy and Spain who crossed the ocean to seek their fortune, never…
After Cheese Cake
You spoil me, Maestra One visit with you in French patisserieland And I want a weekly dose of your thirty-four-year-old company: You tango philosopher You kinesthetic sage You brunette buddha But I can’t … Always…
Magan Wiles in San Francisco
October 2015
Dedication Page (Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine)
For Lubna Alam, Zeina Kiblawi, Layla Lavasani, and Anjali Oza Who sparked the beginning And for Magan Wiles Who saw it through to the end
Good News
My good news is I’m still employed My good news is I have loads of work that isn’t for pay My good news is I get to meet ordinary, fascinating people like the ones at…