"... Waiting rooms are, in general, places of suffering, of kneeling to bureaucracy."
Grateful to have learned of the poetry of Dionne Brand. Thinking of all the waiting rooms in the world at this moment.
Watched Petite Maman before reading your post today. Thank you so much for drawing my attention there. My mother's name is/was Josephine, as was the name of the young girl who played Nelly next to her twin sister. Watching Petite Maman felt like a guided meditation, churning up memories and hopes and resulting in the beginning of healing of intergenerational wounds early this morning.
Many thanks for the link to your reading at the Cantab. I'll be listening to it again.
"... If you think about joy the way a child thinks about algebra ..."
"Museum of Lost Things"
1,000 horses
"and you hold it."
Thank you for mentioning Gaza Sunbirds and for the link to Jewish Currents.
So glad you watched Petite Maman. I adore that movie. And thank you for listening to the reading! And thank you always for reading these words. Appreciate you!
this has given me so much to think about. thank you 🤍
thank you, Hannah!
i think i have to read more of Brand’s poems immediately
"... Waiting rooms are, in general, places of suffering, of kneeling to bureaucracy."
Grateful to have learned of the poetry of Dionne Brand. Thinking of all the waiting rooms in the world at this moment.
Watched Petite Maman before reading your post today. Thank you so much for drawing my attention there. My mother's name is/was Josephine, as was the name of the young girl who played Nelly next to her twin sister. Watching Petite Maman felt like a guided meditation, churning up memories and hopes and resulting in the beginning of healing of intergenerational wounds early this morning.
Many thanks for the link to your reading at the Cantab. I'll be listening to it again.
"... If you think about joy the way a child thinks about algebra ..."
"Museum of Lost Things"
1,000 horses
"and you hold it."
Thank you for mentioning Gaza Sunbirds and for the link to Jewish Currents.
¡Gracias!
So glad you watched Petite Maman. I adore that movie. And thank you for listening to the reading! And thank you always for reading these words. Appreciate you!
I was away and so sorry to have missed you at the Cantab. Please let us know when you’ll be back.
I will! Appreciate you.