Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Unexpected covers of Joni Mitchell songs

On grading in trains in France in the late 1990s

On a quotation attributed to Hannah Arendt

On the moment when children stop being interested in picture books

An intense, emotional, angry “pile”, “ziploc”, or “hammer” in a poem by Terrance Hayes

Two car-chase movies I remember from long ago: “Gone in 60 Seconds” (1974) and “Duel” (1971)