“Memory, in short, is engraved not merely by the life we have led but by the life of the mind…by all the lives we so nearly led but missed by an inch, and—if we grant enough leeway to the imagination—by the lives of others, which can cut into ours every bit as sharply as our own experience.” – Anthony Lane, writing about W.G. Sebald in The New Yorker (May 29, 2000)
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Welcome to triple decaf ~ the memory channel
Let’s start with what you’ll find here… Thoughts on memory—a lot—many personal, some general. Mostly with a literary or psychological bent, with history, politics, current events insinuating themselves too. A channel is a tunnel, a passageway. It’s also a … Continue reading
Posted in COUNTRIES OF LOST THINGS, Memory, Motherhood, Russia, Suicide, Welcome!, Writing & Reading
Tagged bosnia, memory, motherhood, russia, suicide, writing
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