Articles Written By Sparrow
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Day of the Sparrow
Living With Bears
Once I saw a bear dragging the black plastic garbage bag across the road, walking backwards—exactly like a bankrobber backing out of a bank, with a bag of...
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Day of the Sparrow
A Letter to My Daughter
Sylvia: Enclosed is a check from my parents, consisting of “Hanukkah gelt.” (Suddenly it occurs to me that “gelt” must be Yiddish.) Are you familiar with...
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Day of the Sparrow
Tony Kushner
Tony speaks very fast, has an excellent memory, and is entirely a Jewish overachiever. “Are you a Jewish writer?” Rinne asked, at one point. “Oh, yes,”...
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Day of the Sparrow
Two Songs, One Thief
Though I hadn’t heard the 1965 classic for years, I knew this was a remake, not the original. I am talentless in every field, except one: I can recognize...
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Day of the Sparrow
Preparing for Winter
I need a winter plan, I told myself. I thought back to previous hibernal projects. Three years ago I had a tea-drinking ritual. Somehow, my wife and I accumulate boxes...
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Day of the Sparrow
Money in Poetry
I just looked it up, on BrainyQuote: Robert Graves. But Graves was wrong. There is a little money in poetry—at least for me. For example, on Aug. 6 (Hiroshima...
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Day of the Sparrow
Shepard & Dark
Everyone else in America has no time; I have too much time. But once a year, 12 miles away, the Woodstock Film Festival convenes. It’s really like the circus...
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Day of the Sparrow
My Birthday
I walked into the kitchen. Through the window, I could see the field behind my house: purple asters, yellowing birches, the hunched weeping willow. It was like an exquisite painting,...
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Notes From #WallStreet
The Revolution Will Be Streamed
I haven’t watched television since 1971, when I took LSD for the first time. A few nights after my “trip,” I visited the park opposite my house,...
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Notes From #WallStreet
Meditations in an Occupation
I and the three students conversed. I asked Leo what he was reading. He said Crime and Punishment. I said, “That’s funny! I’ve just been...
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New York, New York
Meeting Joe Franklin
Joe Franklin is a New York institution, having interviewed untold celebrities and been (jokingly) accused of rape by Sarah Silverman.
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Personal Essays
To Will a Mockingbird
Fashions come and go, but names tend to stick around forever, even hippie ones.