“Gjerji raises his hand. In English he says, "I like to tell in the words of a great American philosopher what freedom is.""Say it in your language to your peers," I urge.Gyerji makes his statement. The class grows silent and thoughtful; there is much nodding. Twain perhaps? Emerson? Diana sidles up and whispers in my ear. "He says to them that freedom is a word when nothing is anymore able to be losed."Janis Joplin, de-syntaxed.”
Laura Kelly“[C]apitalism--democracy's sidekick”
Laura Kelly, Dispatches from the Republic of Otherness“Rebellion without reprisal is one of democracy's perks, right?”
Laura Kelly, Dispatches from the Republic of Otherness“He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.”
Laura Kelly, Dispatches from the Republic of Otherness“Gjerji raises his hand. In English he says, "I like to tell in the words of a great American philosopher what freedom is.""Say it in your language to your peers," I urge.Gyerji makes his statement. The class grows silent and thoughtful; there is much nodding. Twain perhaps? Emerson? Diana sidles up and whispers in my ear. "He says to them that freedom is a word when nothing is anymore able to be losed."Janis Joplin, de-syntaxed.”
Laura Kelly, Dispatches from the Republic of Otherness