SIXTH FLOOR YELLOW LIGHT is my occasional newsletter of stories, experiments, translations.
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Some recent episodes:
Rushdie on Jury Duty — on encountering Sir Salman in the Centre St Courthouse.
Hello, a Rewiring — on writing with a broken wrist.
A Tower by the Sea — on the curious legacy of Henry and Marie Clews.
I Still See Those Colors When I Close My Eyes — on my research trip to the island of Nonsuch.
Flying Home — on getting ready to return to New York after fourteen months in the high jungles of Peru.
Last Flight, Oceans of Ash — on excursions into Amazonian literature.
Ape Attacks, Flapping Butterflies — easing in to Amazonian lockdown.
Heatwave — in winter dreaming of summer.
Para abajo — cavern diving in the Yucatán.
An Evening in the Ancient Future — on Yugonostalgia at MOMA.
A Joyful One — summer of 2018.
Ropers and Bashers and Sugar Cane Candies and Eggplant Baskets and Qutrubbli Wine — in two parts, a translation of “The Saimara Session,” a maqāma by Badi’ al-Zamān al Hamadhāni.
Curses, Support Structures — on art, politics, and storytelling, and the necrophilia of the Istanbul Biennial.
Havana Red Sulphur part 1 and part 2 — on a phantom event in Cuba and the death of Fidel.
The Mast in Senegal — on a sailboat full of cash.
Confessions of a Coffee-Roaster — on an old corner of central Bucharest.
Chasing Morgan Powell — on the mysterious death of a Bronx historian.
From the Island of Nonsuch — on the confluences that brought me to the bathysphere.
Mirrors, Lullabies — on a meeting of Islamic esotericists, and on Darius James.
Shudders — studying Arabic in Istanbul, with translations of Ali ibn al-Jahm and Badr Shakr al Sayyab.