Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Not To Spend It, But To Have It
Paul Auster, who died earlier this year, on his father, but actually on money: It was not so much the money itself he wanted, but…
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The Ant God
Finding I could speak the language of ants, I approached one and inquired, “What is God like? Does he resemble the ant?” He answered, “God!…
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More Than Music
Music I heard with you was more than music, And bread I broke with you was more than bread; Now that I am without you,…
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Nothing Gold Can Stay: Transience
Nature’s first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold Her early leaf’s a flower But only holds an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf…
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Brutal Journey
The Narváez expedition departed Spain in 1527 to explore Florida. Things went wrong and only four out of 600 men made it back to Europe after…
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The Earth Used to be God’s Body
One of the scenes in All That is Sacred, a short film about the artists and writers who got their start in 1970s Key West,…