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Happy Bloomsday! It’s a greeting I thought I’d never say. But here we are: June 16. I’m wearing a fucking boater and heading to my first Bloomsday celebration. All because I read a book. To be more precise: I read… more ›
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Slowdive Concert, Granada Theater, Dallas, April 2018 I see several concerts every year, and I recently saw Slowdive for the second time live. Near the end of the concert they played a song, and I realized that I had started… more ›
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One of the most unique and talented singers I’ve been listening to for the past five years is Cold Specks. In 2013 she collaborated with Moby on two songs for his Innocents album: “A Case for Shame” and “Tell Me.” Her… more ›
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Kronos Quartet is one of my favorite music groups. I first saw them perform live in 1989 or 1990, and as the cliche goes, they changed my life. I had studied music since I was a child. I am a… more ›
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Last week we buried Uncle Bob. Despite the fact that the bar was ridiculously low, he was nevertheless my favorite uncle. Two of my earliest memories are of him. I peed on him when my diaper was being changed. And… more ›
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In writing reportage about the Polish People’s Republic, Cezary Łazarewicz has written a universal book about the pathology of power. That this is a universal story, we can experience today as we watch the news about a boy killed a… more ›
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I recently read three short books, all fiction about Mexico: the novel Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman), the collection of short stories Barefoot Dogs by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, and the play so go… more ›
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My most recent fantasy: live part-time in Havana and start an English-language walking tour, modeled after Brendan’s Isherwood’s Neighborhood tour in Berlin, retracing the sites and scenes of Reinaldo Arenas’ last years in Cuba. On the right you’ll see the… more ›
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To all you Presidents of the United States of Love this Presidents Day. And, lest we forget, the original: more ›