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She Plays Still

Posted on July 29, 2024 by jillbpearlman

Her bright caftan flows around her body seated in the middle of a crowd.  Her feet in jaunty sandals still exposed. Her tune – not the drama of fado, simplyher breath, her face, the simple but brightmelancholy of her melodica.  She has known … Continue reading →

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DeLillo & Other College Stuff

Posted on September 2, 2016 by jillbpearlman

The opening passage of White Noise – the dyspeptic observation of American families emptying their car of electrical appliances, sports fetishes for their child’s first day of college – thrilled me when I first read it. DeLillo’s scissoring eye, his … Continue reading →

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Summer Junk

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jillbpearlman

There are elements of summer travel that consume the intellect – history and literary settings and reevaluation of the real from the media images we’ve been fed.   There are things that consume the body – sun, mosquitoes.   And … Continue reading →

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A tiny voice asks: What happened to history?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by jillbpearlman

Israel sensitized me.  That country where history is yesterday and always on the verge of existential struggle changed the frequencies of my antenna.  It was like being in a glass house of history, completely exposed. Running to the bomb shelter … Continue reading →

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