Lily La Tigresse: A Melodrama
Sometimes I see less significant people too—girlfriends, high school teachers, men I once went to bed with. A few days ago, for example, I clearly saw Bruria Zimmel, who… More
Time Together
I was hardly proud that my son had somehow pulled off the incredible feat of impregnating some random girl while still tethered to me umbilically. Obviously. I mean, my… More
Music Doesn’t Want Me
For my work and worship I was rewarded / With secondhand inspirations / But they felt new to me, / Mysterious and timely. More
Concerto for Jerusalem
For so long I’ve begged bread to criticize salt. Many times, I’ve heard people ask me, whispering, “Why is death always late in Jerusalem, … More
“Welcome to the Errordome”: Are Editors Still Afraid of James Baldwin?
The film, Take This Hammer, contains moments of political commentary by Baldwin and by many black residents of the city at the time. Many comments focused on gentrification, the… More
In the Light of What We Know
My professional life has been spent in finance, a business concerned with fine points, such as the small movement in exchange rates on which the fate of millions of… More
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