Some never hear of him and likely never will— pygmies in Africa, aborigines in Tasmania, the indigenous in South America.

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.

The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more

I’m on my way to Larry’s Place, a food pantry in the city. I park a block away because parking in front of Larry’s isn’t wise even if one drives

Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.

I turn on the news to see who won the game last night but first the scores from hot spots in the city. Two people are killed

It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…

Hearts are stopping faster than usual among people I know and people I don’t married to other people

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...

Puerto Rican girl thin, thin, let street lights pour bourbon on your hair, anise on your skin.

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings