"Forgotten Cities" published in the cafe irreal

LOVE the eminent international webzine THE CAFÉ IRREAL, and I’m so excited to appear in their pages for the second time with my lyric essay “Forgotten Cities,” a meditation on past cities and past selves inspired by rereading Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Profound thanks to editors Greg Evans and Alice Whittenburg.
 
I returned to Calvino while working on edits and the introduction to a stunning cnf flash by Hart L’Ecuyer at CRAFT that was also inspired by Invisible Cities. This is the first time that my editorial work resulted directly in a publication.
 
THE CAFE IRREAL has a great archive extending all the way back to 1998. And it’s worth browsing among the strange and eccentric features that their café would include, if there was such a café. Take a look at “At Our Cafe.”

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