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I’m sitting in Straus Park at 107th Street, where Broadway bifurcates. No need for alarm about this. Things created by God bifurcate. Adam would have been just another lonely guy moping around Eden if he hadn’t bifurcated after Eve stepped out of a dream and into his life. Directly across Broadway is The Garden of Eden©—the supermarket, not the [...]
I didn’t know that my father was a bad driver, a reckless and dangerous driver, until I was in my mid-twenties. During my childhood, in the 60s and 70s, my father drove a white Cadillac El Dorado. He saw himself as a player, and he traded it in every two years for the latest model. The caddy was a boat. [...]
“Let’s go around the circle,” the writing instructor began. He was a small wiry man with a trim brown beard. “I’m Alan. I graduated from SUNY Buffalo and last year I got my master’s degree in fine arts. I’m from Long Island, Great Neck,” he told us. “Everyone give your name and anything you want to say about yourself.” “Hello,” [...]
