A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under books
Kind of an obituary in New York Times.
My all-time favorite short story.
R.I.P. Jerome David Salinger
Tags: salinger
if not now, when
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under books
Holocaust Memorial Day was marked today. By coincidence, currently I am reading a novel by Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi If Not Now, When (Se non ora, quando), which follows a group of Russian Jews making their way through Ukraine and Poland to Italy, starting in 1943. Levi’s opus was shaped by his own experience [...]
Tags: holocaust memorial day, primo levi, remembrance
run for cover
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under politics
First time I encountered women fully covered in black cloth, was in London. I will admit, in that moment, during a passing-by on the street, I felt a little bit at unease. I am waiting for the theorists-on-call to tell me that I encountered the Other, from whom I did not know what to expect. [...]
haiti
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Help out by donating to your local branch of UNICEF
Tags: haiti
