In the Spring of 1989, a fatwa by the Iranian Leader called for the killing of Salman Rushdie. During his first few months in hiding, he moved dozens of times. Could one of these hideouts have been my studio apartment in Hyde Park?
Category Archives: Politics
Rekha Recalls
Madison, Wisconsin in the 1980s was a great place for campus activism, but personal experiences around this activism were often complicated. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Wedge Co-op was a little granola shop helping to start Minnesota’s organic food scene. In 2008, they purchased The Gardens of Eagan (located at that time not in Eagan but Northfield, MN) but then sold it in 2015.
Durenberger
David Durenberger served as Minnesota Senator from 1978 to 1995. He fell in the moderate middle of the Minnesota Republican Party,
Librarian
This week I reflect on going to St. Paul’s Longfellow Elementary School in the 1970s. Continue reading Librarian
Learning from Buffalo
Rima Yamazaki’s poetic documentary on the Buffalo architectural landscape reveals how labor maintains structures and labor’s loss brings rust. Continue reading Learning from Buffalo
