Category Archives: By Dan

I never knew that there had been so many frat-boys, jocks, and town-eccentrics present at the creation of the Port Huron statement. They had gathered in the library of the University. A guy in the foreground with an athletic build … Continue reading →

My hand is hard because it is East. When my hand is soft it is North. Now “it” has happened and it is autumn. I finally catch up. Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me I scream inside … Continue reading →

Then, at the theater… I watched him sitting alone after the performance, oh god, my twenties. The curtains looked like black ghosts.  In another room, noise practitioners slagged song-structured scenesters in a rough equivalence of white rappers dissing other white … Continue reading →

The scene is the entrance hallway of a dilapidated mansion on the coast of the Atlantic ocean.  We are participating in an inter-generational sea shanty sing-along.  The leader of the sing suggests we sing a song by Sonic Youth.  His … Continue reading →

Ed, is this yours? Uh, what? Apparently there was now a grapefruit-sized, blue ceramic ball on the kitchen table. Cynthia put it on top of the bookshelf. Here are some things that were the same for Ed at work that … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I came across a picture book I read as a child that I have not thought of since. Cross out the sentence above. Write something about yourself that you are afraid for him to know. You will be asked … Continue reading →

one blue heron, two hawks, two woodpeckers, geese flying overhead