Dream Architecture: New Views
Part 3 of the Dream Geographies collaboration between poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue. My husband–an unfamiliar dream husband—has bought us a large white stucco house. At first I think it’s dull. But outside along a wall of round dark stones I discover a path to a beach. There’s hardly any sand—perhaps the tide is high—and people...
Dream of San Francisco
Part 2 of the Dream Geographies collaboration between poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue. — I’m walking in the Richmond neighborhood, near where my husband, Herbert, and I used to live, but the fancy part, around Lake Street, close to Sea Cliff. Among the grid of city streets and large square houses that fill their lots...
Presenting the Dream Geography Series
Broad Street presents a collaboration between poet Judith Serin and visual artist Masami Inoue. Dreams lie somewhere on a map, and these two are seeking the legend to read it.
Broad Street 2.1: “Bedeviled”
Once devils lived in everything. They lurked in trees, hid in ponds, crept through forests, hexed our crops, sickened our livestock and our children, cursed our limbs so they withered. They brought down fires and illness and disappointments of all sorts. We set out gifts for them: bowls of milk, or an extra plate at...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Charlotte Simmonds
Photo: Magda Barthofer Charlotte Simmonds, author of “Kipaw-paw-pish,” spoke with us about finding truth in her writing process–and advice for others who seek to tell the truth. How did you choose the distinctive voice in which you wrote “Kipaw-paw-pish!”? And how close to the “real” you is that voice? While “Kipaw-paw-pish!” is factual, I chose a...
