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This is chapter excerpted from my upcoming childhood memoir Fossil Hill Ridge. As I was writing about the lost world of childhood the sudden demise of a dear friend intruded and sparked some meditations on memory, place, and loss. It links up to an earlier chapter in which I surveyed the landscape of the first 25 years of my life from the top of Russian Hill in San Francisco, from which you can se
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O Alice the disappointment You were such a great writer One of my favorites A Nobel winner—but at what cost? When it came out after your death That you protected Your second husband Your daughter’s abuser That you actually sided with A predatory stepfather Ra" Read more of this review » |
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“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
“The price of freedom is high — far higher than that of slavery. And it is not paid in gold, nor in blood, nor in the most noble sacrifices, but in cowardice, in prostitution, in treachery, and in everything that is rotten in the human soul.”
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“Draft-dodging is what chicken-hawks do best. Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh (this capon claimed he had a cyst on his fat ass), Newt Gingrich, former Attorney General John Ashcroft—he received seven deferments to teach business education at Southwest Missouri State—pompous Bill O’Reilly, Jeb Bush, hey, throw in John Wayne—they were all draft-dodgers. Not a single one of these mouth-breathing, cowardly, and meretricious buffoons fought for his country. All plumped for deferments. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani? Did not serve. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney? Did not serve in the military. (He served the Mormon Church on a thirty-month mission to France.) Former Senator Fred Thompson? Did not serve. Former President Ronald Reagan? Due to poor eyesight, he served in a noncombat role making movies for the Army in southern California during WWII. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor playing a tail gunner with the real thing. Did Rahm Emanuel serve? Yes, he did during the Gulf War 1991—in the Israeli Army. John Boehner did not serve, not a fucking second. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY? Not a minute! Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-MS? Avoided the draft. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-AZ—did not serve. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn, R-TX—did not serve. Former Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV? Did not serve. Jack Kemp? Dan Quayle? Never served a day. Not an hour. Not an afternoon. These are the jackasses that cherish memorial services and love to salute and adore hearing “Taps.”
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Majenta wrote: "Hello, Lee! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! Congratulations on your books. I hope you're having a great weekend and a great Summer 2016. Happy reading, writing, and everything else...."Majenta, what a very sweet note. I, too, hope you are thriving and thank you for the wonderful wishes. May I ask are you the Majenta that I used to know in NYC back in the 1990s? Just curious. --Lee
Hello, Lee! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! Congratulations on your books. I hope you're having a great weekend and a great Summer 2016. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
This just went up today, a guest entry i wrote for a friend and fellow writer's blog, explaining a bit what's in my book Sojourner.http://survivinginitaly.com/2014/04/0...
Happy New Year, Lee - all the best for 2014!
Received Gaddis' Recognitions and JR in the mail today: herniated postperson.
In case you want to keep up/be informed of my other writing and literature projects you can Find them here: https://www.facebook.com/Lee.Foust.Li... (You can also friend me on facebook--I'm not proud.)
I brought so many books home to Florence from the States this summer... I'm drowning in first page reads. The water is lovely but it's time to get past an introduction and read something.
A new short story by yours truly on the theme of justice, the Papacy, corruption and worldly power. Straight outta history. http://leefoust.blogspot.it/2013/04/t...
Ciao, grazie per l'invito. Mi dispiace che prendevo cosi tanto tempo per rispondere. Civediamo!
Thank you so much for the friend request, Lee. I'm so glad to get to read more of your reviews, and to discuss common interests, including medieval studies! :)
http://pinterest.com/leefoust/books-a...A visual/textual meditation upon writers and their art. Check it out, join in!