In another believable All-American brokenheart movieto be directed by Frank Capra, the local cooperative schoolwas given two weeks notice to shut down. Everything insidewas sold this weekend including boxes and boxes of books.It will be even worse watching the land be torn down,the apple trees, blackberries, the field and hill andthe ramp my son and I played wizards on.These are some treasures.The rest of the story I'll write eventual...
This is really the way it happened back in 1998when I met Harvey Pekar. We had lunchat a restaurant next to the bowling alleyin Huron, Ohio. I remember he askedthe waitress to define "chicken jo-jos,"an item he ordered from the menu.I asked him about that Isaac B. Singerbook 'Scum' and how was R. Crumb?After the food, we went to his carin the parking lot where he poppedopen the big trunk to reveal scores ofLPs in cardboard boxes.A Cleveland SurpriseThe...
it was much simpler when i walkedin the summer to the North Branch library& couldnt find books on Tantracism, Dadaism,Buddhism, Egypt, contemporary poetry--there was a lot of American Propagandai was very disappointed--i really wantedto study--instead i sat away the summerstrying to become as soft as the treestrying to understand where theygot their faith in lifegrowing--growing patientlyleaping towards the sun--d.a levy from 'Suburban Monastery...