I first listened to this podcast in 2017. I remember being completely swept up in the story, shocked by the end of Episode 2, and enamored with the storytelling. For me, it still holds up. I felt all the same…
A Letter to a Peer – Variations on “Down”
Dear A, Somehow when the millennium hit, things went downhill. I found myself on the hood of the car with my pants down again. Down like I was when I knelt down by the hole in the wooden wall… face…
This one was hard.
This one was hard. Perhaps that’s why I’ve procrastinated and posted this so late. I remember Selena’s death vividly in my Junior year of High School. I cannot say I was a mega fan, but I was first exposed to…
Preface – C. Julian Jiménez
Before you read this you should be aware… I am a liar. Not intentionally, but nevertheless. My recollection is suspicious, at best. I loathe memory. Partly, because it reminds me of the person I have evolved beyond, but mostly because…
Reflections on the Ethics of Memoir and more…
Reflecting on the short readings and the NPR audio assigned for the upcoming class, I’ve come to realize that memoir writing lives somewhere in the world of truth and imagination. How do we imagine the past? Our memory is more…
Footnote – Lenny Motsinger
In 1969, Leonard Motsinger traveled to St. Anthony-on-Hudson, a Roman Catholic seminary in Rennsselaer, New York run by the Franciscans. For one year he studied the first tenant of religious life, Postulancy – The practice of acquiring solace in religious…
The World According to Fannie Davis
I was captivated immediately by the story of Davis’ teacher questioning how she could possibly have so many shoes. Fannie’s essence was captured in her sheer audacity and pride in buying an additional pair of yellow shoes for her daughter.…
Eve’s Hollywood – Reflections
It is no doubt the Eve Babitz is a gifted and, dare I say, “sensual” writer. Almost every chapter oozes with seduction and provocation. I was immediately drawn in – wanting to know more about her. But then I got…
