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So you know how hard we've been working to make the St. Roch Market nicer. Well this person stole all my nice new plants on the front patio. I spent a lot of time this week writing a grant to make the patio even nicer. But I'm rethinking my decision that's for sure.

Thank you again NOLA Teacher Fest for having me! Of course we’re ending it this way 🫶🏽 WWL-TV

Though I'd later become a Paul Auster fan, my introduction to his noir novel 'City of Glass, was the graphic novel adaption illustrated by David Mazzucchelli. Last year The Comics Journal ran a brilliant article about the making of that book. tcj.com/city-of-glass-…

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When I was a kid growing-up in Harlem, the Jazzmobile wasn't just at Grant's Tomb, but was actual mobile that went from neighborhood to neighborhood during the summer. Many young folks received an wonderful musical education through the talented musicians we were exposed to.

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Self-Portrait by Lorraine Hansberry lhlt.org/gallery

'It has been on the trail that I have consistently felt these hits of bliss.' Lisa Teasley considers Gary Snyder’s 'The Practice of the Wild' and her own way into the wilderness.

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Putting this out there: I’m a journalist who has covered many protests, viewed A LOT of body camera footage.

DMs are open if anyone wants to chat about processing the graphic images of police and mob brutality we’ve seen — and will continue to see — in the coming days. ❤️

Tonight: We hope to see you at City Lights Books, where beloved book buyer Paul Yamazaki will be in conversation with our editor Oscar Villalon about Paul’s new book, “Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale.” citylights.com/events/paul-ya…

In the spring of 2019, Ryuichi placed a piano in his NYC backyard and left it exposed to the elements to observe how the piano would return to nature. The piano blended with the seasons for several years before relocating to an artist friend's garden in Upstate NY.
These photos…

The scene from UCLA this morning.

Paul Auster
R.I.P.

“As Mr. Auster put it…“I’ve always wanted to write what to me is beautiful, true, and good, but I’m also interested in inventing new ways to tell stories. I wanted to turn everything inside out.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

“As a writer, Paul was blessed with the gift of flow. His paragraphs were a moving sidewalk — it was more comfortable to ride than to hop off — so you could read him for hours, as his plots twisted and turned.”
— Lucy Sante on Paul Auster: An Appreciation
nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

In 2001 I was with a friend in Brooklyn. We were both stumbling drunk making our way to her Park Slope apt when I noticed another stumbling drunk coming towards us. It was Paul Auster. 'Hey, that man is my favorite writer.' My friend laughed. 'Of course he is,' she said. #RIP

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