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Sol and Ida, The Chief and I

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Sol and Ida, The Chief and I  It’s Sunday in a school yard. Mostly empty on a cool May day. It’s Red Hook, in Brooklyn.Ida is lounging on a bench, trying to...

The Distillation of Dad

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact The Distillation of Dad Years before he began to wither and weaken from Parkinsonism, my father told me that after he started working as a chemical engineer, he went...

Brookalo

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Brookalo From The Writer’s Journal: (Original Entry: 1/1/94)   It takes place in another life, perhaps in one of those camps, maybe even a boarding...