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Worlds Collide: Pelagius Becomes You
Worlds Collide: A Play in Four Acts. Historical Note: Pelagius, a heretical Christian theologian of the 4thand 5thcenturies A.D., is back in the news, courtesy of Pope Francis, who recently called Donald Trump a “self-absorbed...
Read MoreBREAK-UP POEMS: an invitation to poets
Have you ever spent a night kneeling on your living room floor, howling and digging half-moons into your palms, pleading with the indifferent night to lessen the pain? Meaning, have you ever broken up? Have you ever gotten...
Read MoreRace, Class, Cops, and Capitalism
How to think about the relation of race, class, and contemporary capitalism? We don’t have much choice except to, because C-19 has destroyed capitalism as we knew it–all the available ventilators are now affixed to...
Read MoreAngel From Montgomery
This is John Prine’s signature song, released in 1971 on the album of that name, most memorably covered by Bonnie Raitt in 1974. Since he died on April 7th of C-19-induced complications, I’ve been working on...
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In Gratitude
The April evening darkens over Queens. She’s left the ward. But, as on other days, She...
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Plague Diaries, April 11
11 April Two ways to get out of the news: religion and mathematics. There are more, of...
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I Can’t Believe What I Just Watched on TV
I can’t believe what I just watched on tv. This evening’s briefing by the President was horrifying. Trump is being pushed on how the Federal government will address the grotesque situation in which state and city...
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