Gaza rebuttal: vengeance defined
My name is David Levenstein Amory, and I am a Jew. I don’t usually begin my writing with AA-style introductions, [...]
Photo essay: 3. Abbeys of the heart
If you’re looking for a guide on how to live with other people and be communal, you might read [...]
For the love of truffles
Here is a letter I wrote in November of 1986 to Irwin Glusker, who was then art director for "Gourmet [...]
Lend me your ears
Now, I'm not opposed to grandmas (or grandpas) on principle. I am, however, allergic to ageism and stereotyping, especially as [...]
The roar of politics
World cinema has a long history of producing a wide array of political films that fall somewhere between light entertainment [...]
War bores at a party
It was just after the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings; the flags had barely been lowered, and already the [...]
A death and a discovery
The San Francisco literary community was saddened to hear of the death of Robert D. Haines Jr. earlier this year. [...]
The road trip
You learn a lot about someone when you spend two weeks living, cooking and sleeping, in a 2003 Volkswagen T4 [...]
Flying feet
The toot of the Montmartre tourist train outside the window of my walkup apartment. The repetitions of La Vie en [...]
Jupiter on my mind
This may be too serious a subject for a humor column, but I think — stress think — there’s a [...]
Photo essay: 2. Abbeys of the Heart
It seemed like a lifetime had passed since I lived at the Abbey of San Vincenzo, in Isernia, Italy. [...]