Sunday, December 24, 2023

All these years later, returning to announce a new book

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 The new book, a collection of my essays from East Village Magazine , 2007-2022,  is called "That's My Moon Over Court Street:  Dis...
Sunday, May 05, 2013

Eating Papaya at My Writing Table

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Autobiography isn't necessary.  History wants in all the time, like the way I put my great-grandmother's silver spoon in this sh...
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Affirming

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A sunny Sunday morning.  Backdrop of robins and wrens, chattering and eliding, crisscrossed arias from the tops of maples.  Solitude in the ...
Sunday, November 06, 2011

You Can't Dance with Architecture. But Still...

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Today was proofing day at East Village Magazine, meaning that I showed up at 4:30-ish to read my column (copied below) on the table at Gary...
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Give This Old Woman Some Air

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Make way, step aside, back up, get the smelling salts…and give this poor woman some air. This poor… old woman. Yes, your friend...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

An Ode to Feet

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While sitting in a hotel in Washington D.C. waiting for rain to let up, I found myself thinking about my feet -- prompted by yoga an...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

I Couldn't Kill the Spider: Remembering 9/11

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Oh my, it's been months since I've been here -- I've neglected poor Macy Swain and her electronic life. Well, here I am, slippi...
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Monday, May 02, 2011

Remembering Hazel Dickens at Flint

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Here's my new column for East Village Magazine: This week I remembered a thrilling Flint moment. It was March 22, 1990, and in the UM-Fl...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Freedom

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I woke up this Easter Sunday irritated by academia. I'm thinking specifically about how part of the reaction to my quest to get a shot a...
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