That's right! Plenty of Assyrians in the Midwest (and more every week), so at least the community survives somewhere, but I hate to see such an old tree finally fall down.
On the home front, I have to admit that I've only had a chance to leaf through the Needleman Soul of America and thought it was a nice enough first step, but only a first step. Has there been any more sustained follow-through anywhere, or are people thinking that he's actually taken us where we need to be? For example, I don't see him really getting under the skin of what it means to be a radically diasporic culture (a land for many "peoples without land" as it were), which is such a huge component of your own work and the joy of NYC.
Speaking of which, today everyone is Irish but I hope you can at least play some music if getting up and around isn't convenient.
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branchandroot
Nations on the Go
Date: 2005-03-17 04:58 pm (UTC)On the home front, I have to admit that I've only had a chance to leaf through the Needleman Soul of America and thought it was a nice enough first step, but only a first step. Has there been any more sustained follow-through anywhere, or are people thinking that he's actually taken us where we need to be? For example, I don't see him really getting under the skin of what it means to be a radically diasporic culture (a land for many "peoples without land" as it were), which is such a huge component of your own work and the joy of NYC.
Speaking of which, today everyone is Irish but I hope you can at least play some music if getting up and around isn't convenient.