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I am the author of "Madness at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence" (https://barryandmayaspector.com/barrys-writing)
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Rumi’s Caravan in Berkeley: September 20th (opens the original)
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Rumi’s Caravan Returns to BerkeleySunday, September 20th 7:30-9:30The Freight: 2020 Addison Street Berkeley<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!90jX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0360f91a-0e78-44b1
Odyssey Through Southeastern Mexico, 1989 (opens the original)
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¡Bienvenudo al Mundo Tercero! Driving south from Texas along Mexico’s east coast in a huge SUV with my friend Michael who is on his way to do anthropology field work in Belize. I’m taking the opportunity for a couple of weeks to escape an unbearable emotional crisis at home, the breakdown of my marriage and all I had ever thought of as normal. All is illusion, Maya.We have great conversations as I grieve inwardly – Jazz on the tape deck – tiny, thatched huts – transition from desert to semi-trop
Military Madness (opens the original)
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Part OneMilitary madness was killing my country. Solitary sadness comes over me. – Graham NashWe Must Be Ready To ‘Lose Our Children’ in War with Russia – French General Fabien Mandon, 2025The true mission of American sports is to prepare young men for war. – </spa
Rumi's Caravan Returns to Berkeley (opens the original)
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Rumi says, “Ours is not a caravan of despair.” Let’s share the oral tradition and revive the soul of the world! For 25 years, Rumi’s Caravan has offered an improvised poetic conversation with music, quoting from Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Neruda, Rilke, Robert Bly, Denise Levertov, Yeats, Naomi Shehab Nye, William Stafford, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, Seamus Heaney, Antonio Machado, May Sarton and others. The conversation can range from the heights of ecstasy to the depths
Remembering Leona Tockey (opens the original)
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To my readers: This essay can stand alone, but I suggest that, as background, you read my previous post “Let’s Talk About Me” first.Leona had one hell of a story, or in mythological terms, a cycle of stories centering around a heroic figure who leaves the comfort of the known, descends into the underworld and returns sadder but wiser to give their gifts to the world. Born in 1925 in Montana, she survived years of sexual abuse by her father by repressing her memories. During World War Two she wor
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