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Lyrics jammed in my throat…
How I loved the 1964 Bob Dylan song The Times They Are A’Changin’ when I was at Cal Berkeley. I knew every line by heart, sang them triumphantly with my friends, intoned them under my breath, marching in time to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 1968, 1970s, A Time to Cast Away Stones, Berkeley, history, literature, memoir, politics, sexual revolution, student protest
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Spreading Pain or Catharsis? Perils of Turning My Own Era into Fiction
Given the exhilaration of the past week, it is easy to forget certain painful realities. Readers of my historical novel, A Time to Cast Away Stones, set in Berkeley and Paris in 1968, might be forced to relive sorrows and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, Berkeley, historical fiction, history, literature, Occupy, Paris, politics, student protest
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The Generation Connection
The Occupy Movement has sparked a national brainstorming. It began with effective naming, slogans, high energy, and an endless conversation. Talk and more talk, all day and into exhilarating, sleepless nights. The Occupy Movement and the 1968 French May Revolution … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, history, May Revolution, Occupy Movement, Paris, politics
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