We are all busy getting older, for better and for worse. Here is an unvarnished perspective on aging by author Marc Estrin.
Marc Estrin is a writer, cellist and political activist who lives in Burlington, Vermont. His most recent book, And Kings Shall Be Thy Nursing Fathers, features the ruminations of Tchaikovsky’s corpse. You can find it on Amazon here, or order it from a local bookstore.
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Marc Estrin’s Novels
The Prison Notebooks of Alan Krieger (Terrorist)
When the Gods Come Home to Roost
Tsim-tsum
The Good Doctor Guillotin
The Annotated Nose
Skulk
The Lamentations of Julius Marantz
Golem Song
The Education of Arnold Hitler
Insect Dreams, the Half Life of Gregor Samsa
Marc Estrin’s Memoir
Rehearsing With Gods: Photographs and Essays on the Bread & Puppet Theater (with Ron Simon, photographer)
Erica,
This, as usual is fabulous, but I miss the laugh, the commentary on how, really our “poopy oldness” is just plain funny.
Marc decided it just didn’t work. And for those of you who did not hear it….after I recorded Marc’s essay, we both started laughing, kind of maniacally and inexplicably and uncontrollably, for a really, really long time and some of it got recorded. I loved the laughing, but shared Marc’s concern that it might be a little confusing for some listeners, and make them feel somehow distanced from what they’d just heard…and invested time in listening to. So.
But for Poopy 2? All bets are off.
Please, title and author of Marc’s recommendation book “On Aging”
Hi Margie…
Here’s your answer: On Aging: Revolt and Resignation, by Jean Amery
Cheers,
Erica