I'll see you

when I get back on 11/9. I'll be in Chicago, Austin, Tucson, Los Angeles and Kansas City. Cheers!--Linh

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Well, thank you, Los Angeles!

T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times writes about Philadelphia:

Fox will be broadcasting the World Series and it likes to put the camera on the face of every single fan sitting in the stands, these fans as ugly as any in the country.

Nowhere in America are people more angry than those living here. During Game 3 they had their humorless furry mascot put on boxing gloves and take on someone who was supposed to be an L.A. fan, sunglasses, cellphone and all.

The furry mascot punched him out, much to the delight of the folks here who love a dash of violence with their sports entertainment.

During Game 4 the furry mascot took a small Dodgers blue helmet, placed it on the ground and then pulverized it, much to the delight of the locals. Same tired skits, by the way, they employed a year ago.

But this is considered entertainment here, the only bright spot if they draw the Yankees now, getting a look in the mirror at fans who might remind them of themselves.

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If you're in Tucson on 10/30,

do come to this benefit for the excellent CHAX PRESS:

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Cheese Orgy

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My reading in Austin

will be at Possum Casa de Nguyen Smith
2208 Trailside Drive #A
78704

(512) 482-8277


Tuesday, October 27 @ 7 PM
(reading will begin just after 8 PM)


I will also have a discussion with Hoa and Dale about resource depletion and societal unraveling, issues that have preoccupied us for years. Remember to bring your favorite beverage, because it'll be a party! Hoa and Dale will provide food, and a fire if it's cold outside. If you are on Facebook, here is the event page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7930692&ref=profile#/event.php?eid=311743970009&ref=mf

I just got this letter from James Boggs,

of the Camden tent city:





TRANSITIONAL PARK
(FORMALLY TENT CITY)
C/o New Visions
523 Stevens Street
Camden, NJ 08103



October 14, 2009



We the residences of Transitional Park, (formally Tent City) of Camden, NJ, would like to express our gratitude for all the help you have given to us in our time of need.

It is with great pleasure that we individually and collectively add you to our prayer lists for your continued prosperity and favor from our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. You have taken the time to reach out and provide abundantly to those who are faced with major trials of faith in our lives. In doing so, you have helped strengthen the belief that God is Jehovah Jira, our provider. We who lack the means to provide the basic needs of life so many are blessed to have now begun to see there is someone who cares for those less fortunate than themselves.

It has been difficult for many of us to find hope at a time when hope seems so distant. Now we have the knowledge that we are not alone.

Again, thank you for your faithfulness and we hope to express our gratitude in your presence as apposed to this letter which can not express how deeply we feel for you and yours.

Sincerely


The Residence of Transitional Park









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[That's Lorenzo "Jamaica" Banks on the right, head of the tent city.]

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In a Bellows Falls diner, one old man to another, "The Patriots didn't make out too well. The Red Sox are done. Yankees won. The only good thing in the papers is my name's not in the obituary."

Graffiti in Brattleboro, "WE HAVE CUM FOR YOUR CHILDREN."



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[I'll be in Bellows Falls, VT, for a few days. Old mill town. The Greyhound bus leaves Philly at 2AM tonight. After a few delays, my Some Kind of Cheese Orgy book will definitely be out next week. It's at the printer right now.]

Max Keiser: US Dollar Finished

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I translate

Marco Giovenale," in a new issue of ekleksographia.






[More works by Giovenale.]

My course description for Naropa 2010

STREETWISE--In this prose-writing workshop, we will examine how the tasks and strategies of the creative writer overlap with those of the reporter, the spy and the street photographer, how one must learn to infiltrate, and be open to, the myriad social situations that will feed and inspire one’s writing. Authors to be examined include Robert Walser and William T. Vollman, among others.






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Will California become America's first failed state?

The Observer, 10/4/09:


Los Angeles, 2009: California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and teachers are on hunger strike. So what has gone so catastrophically wrong?

California has a special place in the American psyche. It is the Golden State: a playground of the rich and famous with perfect weather. It symbolises a lifestyle of sunshine, swimming pools and the Hollywood dream factory.

But the state that was once held up as the epitome of the boundless opportunities of America has collapsed [...]







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