Rachel Zucker

And I Still Speak of It

And I Still Speak of It And I Still Speak of It

I did not see the sky today it does or does not matter why I sat inside & looked away into the north-facing light of what I can’t won’t shouldn’t say a girl I know of wants to…

Feb 23, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker

It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom

It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom

No it’s murder, said another. I think people don’t care because it’s only animals dying, said Miriam. a life spent making marks was what she had been doing she wondered if this…

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker

I Can Barely Stand To

I Can Barely Stand To I Can Barely Stand To

today at the Louvre I took students to see Venus de Milo with her pert exquisite breasts & read them Emma Lazarus’ poem to grief-struck Heinrich Heine we talked ekphrastic thi…

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker

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