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Ready to Serve: “The restaurant was my rock” [by Anna West]
Anna West at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco Waitressing saved my life. In 1983, I was playing bass in a San Francisco punk band and taking speed to keep going. Most nights I practiced…
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“Introducing “Ready to Serve: Writers and Artists in the Resto Biz “
I’m delighted to announce that today we introduce a new weekly series, “Ready to Serve: Writers and Artists in the Resto Biz.” We got the idea after reading that Stephanie Danler had landed a two-book…
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A Little Preserve: Poetry and Walking Meditation [by Abby E. Murray]
“Now I go wherever / birds are everywhere; / now I go anywhere / birds go, / having gone nowhere / they could not go.” – from Marvin Bell’s “The Giving In” There is…
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Wednesday, January 21: Celebrate “Language Matters with Bob Holman” a film by David Grubin
For more information on events and airdates visit languagemattersfilm.com
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Teaching Tales: My Workshop with Ali G [by Alan Ziegler]
Prologue (December 2002) Feet-fatigued in Paris Christmas week, Erin and I decide to take our rest in a movie theater. Our choices are the new James Bond and something called Ali G Indahouse.…
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Mindfulness and the Practice of Poetry [by Abby E. Murray]
“Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness It’s important for you to know that I began this post with an entirely different…
