Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Essay: "Late Victorians." Richard Rodriguez.



Review: San Francisco in the days the gays took over the city, celebrating, and the days when AIDs begins to rob young men of their lives. A meditation.

Quote: St. Augustine: “…we are restless hearts, for earth is not our true home. Human unhappiness is evidence of our immortality. Intuition tells us we are meant for some other city.”

Quote: San Francisco: “…sexually democratic city.”

Quote: “I saw that the greater sin against heaven was my unwillingness to embrace life.”

The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present. Ed. Phillip Lopate. New York: Anchor Books. 1995.

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