A Trip to Syria

Here's an article about Syria I wrote for Granta online just as the civil war there broke out. It's something of a tear-jerker.

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Love, Christopher Street

I wrote about an old friend, Joe Brainard, in this anthology. Joe's own collected works came out from The Library of America not long afterwards.

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Book cover titled "Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City," edited by Thomas Keith, with an introduction by Christopher Bram.

Letter from Naples

Here's a Letter from Naples from the Granta website. "What I did on my summer vacation" in a manner of speaking.

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On Riker’s Island

Here's a short reminiscence about teaching on Riker's Island. It also came out on the Granta website.

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Cover of Granta magazine featuring an illustration of five people walking toward a large moon with the word "Aliens" on it, set against a starry night sky.