Monthly Archives: October 2014

Henry @ 100

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Mark Kerstetter

Bread has been broken. All along now fresh twists. Wired to work all hours, spin on toes and turntables (the kind for cakes). I’ll take my eye for symmetry: 4 roses on an 8 inch cake, keep my taste in … Continue reading →

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Berryman @ 100

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mark Kerstetter

One October day when I was 21 years old, I taped six large sheets of newsprint together and attached the whole sheet, six feet square, to the wall just above the bed in the tiny cell of the Manhattan YMCA … Continue reading →

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