{"id":55097,"date":"2023-01-24T08:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=55097"},"modified":"2023-02-02T22:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:40:33","slug":"a-great-one-died-11-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/01\/a-great-one-died-11-years-ago-today.html","title":{"rendered":"A Great One Died 11 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And there he was in a dream. We are in some restaurant, a San Francisco dream.&nbsp;He gives me a manuscript to read on elegant Mary Beach \/ Claude P\u00e9lieu stationery with raised black lettering in delicate type. He\u2019s terminal. We both know it. He\u2019s being objective about it. He indicates, somehow without words, not to get worked up about it. Take it as it comes. Happens to all. End of dream.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/01\/carl-weissner-cherished-by-friends-and-colleagues.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/cw-memorial-560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" data-orig-size=\"560,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 &amp;#8211; Jan. 24, 2012)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19713\" width=\"742\" height=\"258\" title=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 - Jan. 24, 2012)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/03\/carl-weissners-german-essays-and-reportage-notes-on-outsiders.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/cw-mp-book-front-cover-scan-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CW-MP-book-front-cover-scan-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,588\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CW-MP book front cover-scan (365)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CW-MP-book-front-cover-scan-365.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CW-MP-book-front-cover-scan-365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45368\" width=\"336\" height=\"541\" title=\"NOTES ON OUTSIDERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CW-MP-book-front-cover-scan-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CW-MP-book-front-cover-scan-365-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/03\/carl-weissners-german-essays-and-reportage-notes-on-outsiders.html\">Notes on Outsiders <\/a>(2021)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><font size=\"+2\">Carl was an author,  \u201clittle magazine\u201d editor, radio playwright, and German translator of <a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/bibliography-of-carl-weissner-translations\/\">more than 100 books<\/a> (including many by Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Nelson Algren, J.G. Ballard, also by Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Charles Plymell, Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen), as well as a literary agent who spread the work of dissident writers even further. <em>Le Regard d&#8217;Autrui,<\/em> published posthumously in 2019, shows him to have been as magnetic a storyteller as any of the celebrated writers he translated.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Regard-dAutrui-Carl-Weissner\/dp\/1791991882\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31SDARMSKM8DH&amp;keywords=le+regard+d%27autrui&amp;qid=1643038513&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=le+regard+d%27autrui%2Cstripbooks%2C57&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"594\" data-attachment-id=\"33281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/le-regard-combo-737\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/le-regard-combo-737.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"734,594\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Foreword JH for LE REGARD D&amp;#8217;AUTRUI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/le-regard-combo-737.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/le-regard-combo-737.jpg\" alt=\"Foreword JH for LE REGARD D'AUTRUI\" class=\"wp-image-33281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/le-regard-combo-737.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/le-regard-combo-737-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Regard-dAutrui-Carl-Weissner\/dp\/1791991882\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31SDARMSKM8DH&amp;keywords=le+regard+d%27autrui&amp;qid=1643038513&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=le+regard+d%27autrui%2Cstripbooks%2C57&amp;sr=1-1\">Phantom Outlaw Editions<\/a> (2019)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-21248-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Manhattan Muffdiver&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2010]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milena Verlag, Vienna, 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2110\" width=\"233\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=5\"><em>Milena Verlag<\/em><\/a><font size=\"2\"><em> (2010)<\/em><\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Die Abenteuer von Trashman&amp;#8217; (The Adventures of Trashman) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2011]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milena Verlag, Vienna, 2011&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" width=\"231\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=154\"><em>Milena Verlag<\/em><\/a><font size=\"2\"><em> (2011)<\/em><\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=beastie_books&amp;show_details=173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/eine-andere-front-cover-140\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"140,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217;&lt;br \/&gt; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;)&lt;br \/&gt;Milena Verlag, 2013)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" alt=\"'Eine Andere Liga' ('A Different League') by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" class=\"wp-image-19729\" width=\"211\" height=\"336\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=beastie_books&amp;show_details=173\"><em>Milena Verlag<\/em><\/a><font size=\"2\"><em> (2013)<\/em><\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/carl-weissner-in-books-and-pamphlets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;The Braille Film&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [Nova Broadcast Press, 1970]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nova Broadcast Press, San Francisco, 1970&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" width=\"344\" height=\"529\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/carl-weissner-in-books-and-pamphlets\/\">Nova Broadcast Pres<\/a>s<font size=\"2\"> (1970)<\/font><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/05\/2167.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-death-in-paris-thumb-280x424-21274\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Death in Paris&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [realitystudio.org, 2007]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;realitystudio.org, 2007&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2121\" width=\"351\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00KK869FW\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\">Doll No Mori <\/a>(2014)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-this-was-his-last-reading.-in-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"49665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in-zurich-at-a-place-called-die-rote-fabrik-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in.-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik-750.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"750,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1320357861&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cody says the reading was in. Z\u00fcrich at a place called Die Rote Fabrik (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in.-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik-750.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in.-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik-750.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in.-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik-750.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cody-says-the-reading-was-in.-Zurich-at-a-place-called-Die-Rote-Fabrik-750-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Carl Weissner at Die Rote Fabrik in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, Nov. 3, 2011. <\/em>[Photo: Signe M\u00e4hler]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And there he was in a dream. We are in some restaurant, a San Francisco dream.\u00a0He gives me a manuscript to read on elegant Mary Beach \/ Claude P\u00e9lieu stationery with raised black lettering in delicate type. He\u2019s terminal. We both know it. He\u2019s being objective about it. He indicates, somehow without words, not to get worked up about it. Take it as it comes. Happens to all. 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