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Snapshot Today's video: William Maxwell reads his favorite poem by A.E. Housman....
Ave Atque Vale Carl Weissner (1940-2012) was as tough-minded as they come in his writing. Personally, he glowed with warmth. And played Chopin....
Cody's Conversation With His Late Friend Carl Weissner William Cody Mahler's poem begins, "Everybody knows that he is dead except me / Why don't I know it yet?"...
'Transfers From a Different World' Matthias Penzel's obituary about Carl Weissner, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, is more appreciation than obit. Read it in English....
Ex-Theatre Critic Kidnapped By Somali Pirates A former SF Weekly theatre reviewer researches a book about pirates and ends up in their clutches...
Up there on a visit Some thoughts after a flight over Manhattan....
Carl Weissner, In Memoriam There is nothing I cherished more than our friendship. Carl was my dearest, oldest friend. I'm devastated by his death....
Home from the sea Returning home from a treacherous voyage on the sea of nostalgia....