I’ve dug up some things I wrote from New York City and posted here on September 11th 2001 and in the first days following:
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- “My part of New York City is not burning.” Written 11, 12, and 13 September 2001. Posted about a week later, when telephone and internet service were restored.
- Day four
- “Tonight, for the first time since Tuesday, we were permitted to cross 14th Street.” 14 September 2001
- The angry flag vendor
- “The peaceful vigil at Union Square has turned into a carnival of sorts.” 23 September 2001
These mini-essays are not art. They are not reportage, either (but what is?), and may not even be accurate. We were all a bit dazed—although not so dulled as now. The shock and sorrow were fresh. The events of September 11th had not yet been branded, nor turned into tools of partisan rancor, nor made into a mini-series, nor used to justify atrocity.
