Issue 3. February 5, 2022
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An occasional newsletter on books, writing and local life.
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Tourist Guide to Hyattsville
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#3 Exploring Deaf Geographies
Rainy Thursday afternoon in February. Have sold sufficient hours of labor for the week. Set out on foot for “Exploring Deaf Geographies” at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.
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The work of five deaf artists is at hand. Can’t say whether knowing the work was by deaf people shapes my interaction with it, but it probably does. It helps …
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Research notes: The virtue of old maps
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A few petroglyph sites in the Great Basin are easy to find. Nevada has two rest areas along U.S. 50, one with camping, at rock art sites within shouting distance of the road. A paved road plows right through Parowan Gap in southwest Utah, one of the richest sites you could hope for.
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Others are far from the beaten path, …
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Book Review: The Sentence
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A ghost leads a modern Native American woman to find herself.
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Don’t get too comfortable with this, because it’s going to change. It’s going to start someplace, go where you don’t expect, come back and find another new turn and when you think you’ve got a handle on it, the pandemic arrives. Could it be less twisty, …
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Glimpse: A bird does not sing in a cave
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From Chapter 19. Claudine vs. the Ants
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A few miles later, Hendrik slowed and pulled off the highway onto a dirt track that was blocked by a homespun barb-wire gate. David got out, opened the gate while Hendrik drove through, and closed it behind. There was a muttered acknowledgement when David got back in the car.
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