In the Name of David
Back when I collected personalities the way other kids collected trophies–dissociative identity disorder, for those in the know–there were two […]
Category: memory
Memory of the Word
According to the myth of the origin of written language as told by Socrates in the Phaedrus, Theuth declares that written […]
Dead Babies
At the edge of my undergraduate alma mater lies a cemetery for those who died in a nearby, long-since-vanished house […]
Forgotten Art
Forgotten Art – Transitions Online A link to my article on artist-activist Pavel Karous, who has spent the past several […]
The Crimean Tense: When Past Is Present
Referencing the past is a weak form of analysis and one that offers little insight to the current situation in […]
Eulogy for Lou Reed
I didn’t know Lou Reed. No, I never met the man. Yet I am certain, because of the authenticity I […]
Twenty-One
Twenty-one years ago he was traveling by train from Warsaw to Szczecin with his friends in the Corps. It was late and […]
Fireworks
During the holiday fireworks over the weekend he remembered his grandfather who lost his sight in the early days of […]
In Budapest
He remembers: the last time he heard a live cover of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” was late February […]
The Rites of the Storm
We woke up early today, earlier than usual. But no day’s sleep can really be called that: usual. Even after […]
