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a new country

Posted on September 21, 2009 by twotreatises

On some lucky MTA buses there are televisions. On the luckiest buses these televisions work. On these working televisions there is a variety of bus-worthy programming, including Facts of the Day — occasionally informative tidbits in English or Spanish in … Continue reading →

Posted in history/memory, language, los angeles | Tagged fact or fiction, food | 4 Comments

Boston (day 2, part 2)

Posted on December 2, 2008 by twotreatises

New England Holocaust Memorial: Mayor Kevin Hagan White, apparently a very large man: Boston Irish Famine Memorial… with food smashed on it: more fun statues: politics: Paul Revere Mall, Mr. Revere on horseback

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Boston (day 1)

Posted on December 1, 2008 by twotreatises

Between NY and CT, I spent a good bit of time trying to capture the way the water running down the rocks along the side of the road was frozen, but we were moving too fast to really get it. … Continue reading →

Posted in history/memory, travel | Tagged boats, connecticut, crispus attucks, food, get up kids, graffiti/murals, irony, john hancock, massachusetts, statues | Comments Off

How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

Posted on September 14, 2008 by twotreatises

phrases I liked: in “My Father’s Brain”: the brain as “lovely and postmodern” p. 10 “medicalization of human experience” p. 19 “ever-expanding nomenclature of victimhood”p. 19 “My sense of private selfhood turns out to have been illusory” p. 20 “the … Continue reading →

Posted in history/memory, literature | Tagged delillo, dictionary, food, franzen, joyce, loneliness, new york, proust, pyrrhic, the mall, witold rybczynski | Comments Off

fante tour

Posted on May 24, 2008 by twotreatises

I’m sure Esotouric’s John Fante-based tour of L.A. is fantastic, but since no one I know has $58 to set aside for such a tour, a few months ago some friends and I decided to make our own Fante tour. … Continue reading →

Posted in history/memory, literature, los angeles | Tagged angel's flight, california, downtown los angeles, fante, food, library, maps, public transit | Comments Off