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Moon River: The Genius of the Parent
Posted on April 9, 2013 | 4 CommentsWhen I was a little boy, I loved to sing. I don’t think I associated it with being a performer; singing was an extension of the music I loved, and words, and the singers I loved–Dionne Warwick, that kind of... -
Toni
Posted on March 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsThese photographs are by Jill Krementz, and were taken of the author Toni Morrison while she was an editor at Random House, in the nineteen-seventies. On Fridays, the esteemed author taught a class at Yale, in the African-American studies department... -
Sarah Polley’s Mother
Posted on October 6, 2012 | No CommentsDear X: You have been much on my mind, I’m terribly sorry I couldn’t make the birthday party, but it would have involved getting my head around another event in order to be present to you and Y, and I... -
The Widow
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 12 CommentsSnow can be a notorious memory stimulator. Last Saturday, when we experienced what felt like winter weather for the first time in a long time, I was having dinner with a gay female friend who works mostly in Los Angeles.... -
The Ultimate: Etta Without Tears
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 5 CommentsThe incomparable Karen Baccouche, sometimes known professionally as Karen Binns. Self-creation par excellence. Native of Brooklyn, New York, lately of London, a fashion stylist, publisher, and the fine possessor of a language one is not likely to hear from anyone... -
For Miriam “Marie” Dorothea Edwards Als
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsTwo songs that apply to her maternal philosophy. From the lyrics: “Something big is going to happen, my dear. Bigger than mountains. It’s freedom.” And: “Sounds. Of life. Are heard. Everywhere. Sounds. Of life. And love. And despair….You gotta keep...
