Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

A story about my daughter Sara that is remembered in a song by Jörg Benzing

Applause at an indictment — and exhaustion

Moving stories on Facebook, and then Townes Van Zandt’s “Tecumseh Valley"

My twenty-something students and video stores like the one in Anne Carson’s “Autobiography of Red” (1998)

Remembering Lutz Bertram, the blind morning radio host I listened to in Berlin

Going to the video store in Anne Carson’s “Autobiography of Red” (1998)