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Friend of the dead
We liked car accidents. The lethal ones were best. They held greater print promise. The higher [...]
Bella Ciao, and memories of a man
Recently, I played “Bella Ciao” for my students. I first heard the song as a college [...]
Husband in the grass
Giulio and I are in the midst of an epic battle. For those of you arriving [...]
Going “home” again
More than a year ago, I moved to rural New Hampshire from Milan, where I had [...]
A tiny dose of reality
It had been raining all day. I was cramped in an RV trailer with an old [...]
A cold Vienna memoir
A lifetime ago I worked in Vienna. I remember that time as among the darkest and [...]
The Kindergarten Teacher
There’s only one character in “The Kindergarten Teacher” worth caring about: it’s Lisa Spinelli, the teacher of the [...]
Killing Commendatore
Once you get past the requisite hosannas, and they're ample for a writer of Harukli Murakmi's rank, his [...]
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The Kindergarten Teacher
There’s only one character in “The Kindergarten Teacher” worth caring about: it’s Lisa Spinelli, the teacher [...]
Friend of the dead
We liked car accidents. The lethal ones were best. They held greater print promise. The higher [...]
Bella Ciao, and memories of a man
Recently, I played “Bella Ciao” for my students. I first heard the song as a college [...]
Husband in the grass
Giulio and I are in the midst of an epic battle. For those of you arriving [...]
Going “home” again
More than a year ago, I moved to rural New Hampshire from Milan, where I had [...]
Killing Commendatore
Once you get past the requisite hosannas, and they're ample for a writer of Harukli Murakmi's [...]
Support the Girls
From the British "Kitchen Sin" movement of the 1950s and 60s, to modern auteurs like the [...]
A tiny dose of reality
It had been raining all day. I was cramped in an RV trailer with an old [...]
A cold Vienna memoir
A lifetime ago I worked in Vienna. I remember that time as among the darkest and [...]
