Reminds me of James Baldwin’s observation that Americans don’t know who they are.
Might as well go shopping, eat some people, and fall over.
I forgot that you published in Playboy. Alex Haley spoke to Our anthropology 101 class in the 70s when he was working on Roots. He explained Hugh Hefner had provided him the use of his giant yacht for the time needed to draft the book. Haley lived on the boat out in the ocean and just wrote.
He chain smoked the entire hour in our small classroom. Not an issue back then.
This is timely for me as I had zombie dreams 2 nights ago. That’s not unusual for me if I’ve seen a recent zombie film, but this time it’s been months. I really enjoyed this piece.
Nice parsing of the significant difference.
Reminds me of James Baldwin’s observation that Americans don’t know who they are.
Might as well go shopping, eat some people, and fall over.
I forgot that you published in Playboy. Alex Haley spoke to Our anthropology 101 class in the 70s when he was working on Roots. He explained Hugh Hefner had provided him the use of his giant yacht for the time needed to draft the book. Haley lived on the boat out in the ocean and just wrote.
He chain smoked the entire hour in our small classroom. Not an issue back then.
Things you remember…
This is timely for me as I had zombie dreams 2 nights ago. That’s not unusual for me if I’ve seen a recent zombie film, but this time it’s been months. I really enjoyed this piece.
my, my, over the last decade — plague, ai, fascism — the zombie symbolism is like a great ersatz mother tree, a withering and spooky tree of 'life'