Daily Archives: 2006 September 11

From 2001 October 7: I Want to Speak Now

2001 October 7: I want to speak now. I have wanted to speak since September 11. The words would not come. The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was, almost literally, unthinkable. And language is the substrate … Continue reading

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And the Sky Swept Clear of Angels : 9/11, 5 Years, and Lost Worlds

Though exiled to the swamps of New Jersey, I am a native New Yorker; and so this date arrives every year like a punch in the gut. I no longer think of the attacks every day, but it took 18 … Continue reading

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