Mordecai Martin

New York City, Some Suggestions in the Form of Questions, From Your Departed Son

What if instead of advertisements, digital billboards in Manhattan showed pictures of the people who most recently left the city for good, never to return? An endless scroll of strangers who gave up on the dream of New York City? What then? What if instead of CATS or Lion King running forever on Broadway, itContinue reading “New York City, Some Suggestions in the Form of Questions, From Your Departed Son”

The Revolution’s Jew, and the Jew’s Revolution

What is a Jew’s role in a revolution? I can only answer in Jewish fashion, with more questions. Specifically I have to work in the vein of the Talmud, and bypass certain questions that appear to me inane or uninteresting: The lexicographer or taxonomist’s questions, what is a Jew, what is a revolution; The historian’sContinue reading “The Revolution’s Jew, and the Jew’s Revolution”

Walt in the City

I thought I knew what Disneyfication meant.

Grieving and Nostalgia

This is a feeling that we must own, alone and vulnerable, and know that it is the desire for Home.

Yamadeva and Ling Look

“As the whistle faded, Ling Look turned with misery to Harry Kellar, and said his brother was calling to him.”

Home and its Complications

I am striving to create a new home on the internet for my writing, a place where I and they can expand, grow dense and wild, like a thicket. Please be patient with me.