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Raymonde – Excerpt from Again. Again and Again.

Raymonde I wonder if there will be a name for what is happening to us – slavery, for example, colonialism, socialism, Marxism which I am well conversant with. Arrested for my political activities and for being a Jew by the Nazis and transported to this camp, I have spent 9 months here. I remember being […]

Raymonde

Raymonde I wonder if there will be a name for what is happening to us – slavery, for example, colonialism, socialism, Marxism which I am well conversant with. Arrested for my political activities and for being a Jew by the … Continue reading →

CRO-MAGNON — TEMPLATE

I sit on this crag overlooking a gentle valley. I don’t think about the future. I don’t think about the past. One is long gone, the other out there where I don’t live. I am the only one of our … Continue reading →

NMM REDUX

In the back of my mind is what will I write next. I should , like Pilate, wash my hands of writing, but I can’t, not really. It is tied up with my drive as a person which is considerable. … Continue reading →

SUPERANNUATED

At 79 I am superannuated. Sounds like a Wells Fargo APR. I walk into a gas station and ask for directions. “Don’t you have a map on your cell?” I don’t answer, why bother to explain that I have a … Continue reading →

NINA’S MEMENTO MORI, II

I just scanned Sunless, published in 2007 and reread “Echo,” a story about attachment and loss as well as love. It is strange for me to look back upon what I’ve written. Often the sense is who wrote these thoughts. At times … Continue reading →

Nina’s Memento Mori, Part 1

In a few weeks I will submit my final edit of the above book which is an elegy and homage to my deceased wife, Nina. It is a moment of loose ends, checking the cover of the book as well … Continue reading →

QUAQUAVERSAL

I feel compelled, as a writer, to introduce you to my own idiosyncratic ways of going about writing a story. The creative process, as I observe, might prove of worth to reveal as I experience it. After finishing and publishing … Continue reading →

Sanitizing Wernher von Braun

I advocate that the Wernher von Braun Center be renamed. Perhaps call it the Goring Complex, since Braun and Goring were members of the Nazi party. Goring’s Luftwaffe rained down death over Europe and Braun launched over 9,521 Cruise-like missiles … Continue reading →

ANTHONY AVINA INTERVIEWS MATHIAS B. FREESE

March 13, 2018 1) Tell us a little bit about yourself. How did you get into writing? Never begin a sentence with “well.” [a writer should break rules.]Well, writing, for me, was characterological. It was a consequence of a repressed … Continue reading →