Mandela Elegy
12/16/2013
On that day in Oakland,
Every concession stand sold your t-shirt,
a silk-screened picture, fist raised
for the last leg of a world-wide tour
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Ernest Gaines at Northwestern State in Natchitoches
12/13/2013
“He knows a history unknown in history books.”
Buttery Nipples
12/05/2013
It was in the South Side Salon in Keithsville, Louisiana where I discovered buttery nipples, a drink that my bartender friends tell me is composed of two main ingredients: butterscotch
The 99% in Crossett, Arkansas
12/03/2013
When you’re in the belly of the monster You don’t consider if your lipgloss is sticky Or if your hair spray is crunchy Or how Steve Jobs, if he found
Medusa
12/01/2013
Medusa, the marketeers paraded you up and down the red carpet snapping photographs to appear the next day on CNN and Entertainment Tonight, social media clamoring for another look at
The Bookworm Club: Part I
11/24/2013
Cal Robert’s was either a genius or insane. But the general consensus was, “That boy’s crazy.”
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Thursday, Feb 19, 2026
Collaborative Zoom Reading: Maw Shein Win, Lenore Weiss, Alex Mattraw & Tiff Dressen
7-8pm
Thursday, March 26, 2026Clio’s Books, 353 Grand Avenue, 7pm to 9pm Influence, Reinvention & Work that EnduresLenore Weiss, Lee Rossi & Paul Corman-Roberts
Friday, April 17, 2026
National Poetry MonthSF Writers Grotto, 5-7 pm1663 Mission Street, #602
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