Archive for December, 2008

  • “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.”—Karl Marx I had heard about Memento Park, the only conflux of Communist-era memorabilia in the world, within days of arriving in Budapest...

    Liberation

    “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.”—Karl Marx I had heard about Memento Park, the only conflux of Communist-era memorabilia in the world, within days of arriving in Budapest...

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  • Arrhyth­mia of the happy home end­ing in ‘68 with Jan Palach, who self-ignited in Wencelas Square, then stum­bled down the Soviet steps. He was 21, at the time. Did it...

    Questions for an Arsonist of Self

    Arrhyth­mia of the happy home end­ing in ‘68 with Jan Palach, who self-ignited in Wencelas Square, then stum­bled down the Soviet steps. He was 21, at the time. Did it...

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  • My essay “Warm-Up With Ree-Ree,” which appeared in this space two months ago, gen­er­ated quite a few responses by both e-mail and let­ter. I was sur­prised at how many of...

    Just Another Racket, Folks

    My essay “Warm-Up With Ree-Ree,” which appeared in this space two months ago, gen­er­ated quite a few responses by both e-mail and let­ter. I was sur­prised at how many of...

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  • Roma­nia, she came from, on a plane, To pros­per­ous Toronto. Only nine, She knew enough of poverty and pain To occupy a month of show-and-tell. She learned to boat and...

    Call Denied

    Roma­nia, she came from, on a plane, To pros­per­ous Toronto. Only nine, She knew enough of poverty and pain To occupy a month of show-and-tell. She learned to boat and...

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  • These are the lit­tle saints of spring Gone before we sense their pres­ence. Their blue and white enam­el­ing Cre­ates a world of beauty, dense With dew, all smooth and glis­ten­ing....

    Crocus

    These are the lit­tle saints of spring Gone before we sense their pres­ence. Their blue and white enam­el­ing Cre­ates a world of beauty, dense With dew, all smooth and glis­ten­ing....

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