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Before & After: Stories from New York, Edited by Thomas Beller

This anthology was required reading in son’s high school English. The front cover: The back cover:

September 12, 2021September 14, 2021 by anthropologist

43 at Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 11 Septemer 2021

As a nation, our adjustments have been profound. In the weeks after 9/11, I was proud to lead a united, resilient people. So much of our politics… Read more “43 at Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 11 Septemer 2021”

September 11, 2021September 13, 2021 by anthropologist

Sentence of the Day: TO START A WAR

The first plane, the one that plowed into floors 93 through 99 of the World Trade Center’s North Tower, was an astonishing spectacle. — To Start a… Read more “Sentence of the Day: TO START A WAR”

January 18, 2021January 20, 2021 by anthropologist

How To Open A Book

At first Paul Wolfowitz mistook the tremors in the Pentagon for an earthquake. — Opening sentence, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into… Read more “How To Open A Book”

January 18, 2021January 20, 2021 by anthropologist

Three

Self picking her favorite reads so far, 2019. All three happen to be novels. They’re arranged according to the month she read them. November Road, by Louis… Read more “Three”

April 18, 2019April 29, 2019 by anthropologist

Bloomsbury Square, The Lamb, The First Gulf War

Asymmetry, p. 196: One afternoon we were sitting in Bloomsbury Square, keeping half an eye on our charges, when Lachlan pointed toward the iron railings on the… Read more “Bloomsbury Square, The Lamb, The First Gulf War”

April 17, 2019 by anthropologist

Asymmetry, p. 152

Currently reading Novella # 2 of this consistently surprising book. Even though — what the hell — self has an inkling that the characters in the middle… Read more “Asymmetry, p. 152”

April 12, 2019April 13, 2019 by anthropologist

Wavering (a 9/11 Story About Surviving and Feeling Lost)

The nights seemed to go on forever. The swell of my stomach seemed to grow larger beneath my hot fingers. I thought of our baby’s eyes, open… Read more “Wavering (a 9/11 Story About Surviving and Feeling Lost)”

September 11, 2018September 7, 2021 by anthropologist

Still More Waiting

Share a snapshot that shows a sense of waiting. — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post First, self’s Philippine passport. She is a dual citizen of the… Read more “Still More Waiting”

September 18, 2017 by anthropologist

9/11: Chelsea District, New York City

This city holds a special place in self’s memories: Dearest Mum began her piano career here, at Carnegie Hall. Self worked here for a year, before entering… Read more “9/11: Chelsea District, New York City”

September 11, 2017September 14, 2017 by anthropologist

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