Why do city kids fight all the time, especially at graduation? First of all, some of them don’t have much to lose. If you have no hope of going to college (school district unaccredited, for example), and unemployment has hit your community the hardest of any, during terrible times (black unemployment has been double that of […]
Read More Skipping and Fighting: Frequently Asked QuestionsThe day after the art opening, I liked Patti Smith. I loved Smith’s book, Just Kids. I read most of it on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas, in between minor adventures (like meeting a guy with the most interesting accent of all time, India Indian crossed with Alabama). My head was in crunched together, […]
Read More LadiesEveryone is always coming out all the time, if they are creative and growing. If you’re gay, and you do the big “coming out,” maybe you are a step ahead. Everyone has to come out of one cocoon after another. I feel quite grouchy about it just now, although I guess it’s beautiful and all. […]
Read More OutSouthern California: I rode in the wild animal cage and I roared. With two fingers, I nudged a jellyfish’s slick rubber being. Touch the top of his head, gooey like a baby’s soft spot. Not the tentacles. San Antonio: Two working faced men playing Mexican marimba, many empty flamingo-long daiquiri cups, and two brown boys […]
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