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Kate is an actor, writer, and speaker coach.
Men Die

Men Die

Found in my mother’s or my grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s or my father’s stuff.  All co-mingled for next generations to sift.  H.L. Humes, says Wikipedia, started the Paris Review.  Then Timothy Leary gave him too much LSD.  This must be an adaptation of his book, Men Die.  Best guess: he was a friend of my father’s who was born just a year earlier than H.L. or “Doc,” and also knew Timothy Leary from MIT.  Dad told me that Tim and Famous…

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Love Letter

Love Letter

Found in a box saved for 90 years in my grandmother’s house.  My mother’s house.  Is this from Dear Sonny?  Is this to Dear Sonny? Nobody ever signed their letters, is seems.  Nor did they offer a name after, “Dearest…” Was it a point of pride, that one’s handwriting was all that was needed for identity? –Kate