Ultimately i went up and down the border 2000 miles this way in 2000 miles that way. Then i went deep into mexico. They were very hospitable and wellconnected. It was really such fun and so illuminating and so anti trump. The prejudice against immigrants is so severe its a joke. Immigrants pissing on other immigrants. Two of them are immigrants. He is sort of say they are rubbish. All of those motivating factors. The anticipation of destroyed a stereotype. The spirit of americans. The first time it happened was in mexico city. I have to pay bribes. He said follow me i said whats the problem. Your license plate. Is there some way that we can solve this. I said no, how. He said dollars. 300, whats your name. Antonio know. Do you know what i can do to you. He have taken me into islam and the people going by and he was just screaming at me. That seems like a lot of money. He just took everything out of the wallet which was about 200. My total and bribes was probably 11 or 1,200 altogether.
Poem that was composed in 1970. This was on new years day. Id like you to frame our conversation by reading it. David id be happy to. Its titled letters from plaku. If you are able save for them a place inside of you. And save up with backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you love them though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you while youre dying and keep them in their own. And in that time when men decide to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. Michael odonnell, january 1st, 1970. Susan who was Michael Odonnell . David he was a young man who found himself in vietnam in 1970. He was a songwriter and a poet and a helicopter pilot and a hero and ultimately a casualty of the vietnam war. Susan how did you encounter his poetry . David i first read a book by harold evans. There was a section of the vietnam war in that section theres a small ph
Poem that was composed in 1970. Because it prints the book, i would like you to frame our conversation by reading it. David id be happy to. Its titled letters from plaku. If you are able save for them a place inside of you. And save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you love them though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep them in their own. And in that time when men decide to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. Michael odonnell, january 1st, 1970. Susan who was Michael Odonnell . David Michael Odonnell was a young man who found himself in vietnam in 1970. He was a songwriter and a poet and a helicopter pilot and a hero and ultimately a casualty of the vietnam war. Susan how did you encounter his poetry . David i first came across it in a book by harold evans. There was a section of the vietnam war in th
Chance, if you will look at our website, facebook page, application or go by the tents on the plaza he will be signing books at the tents outside of the plaza and the books are for sale at the tent and a portion of those go directly to the festival. Shes published numerous books of fiction and was awarded the memorial prize in a movie in 1986. His account of this journey was published as a Great Railway and it was his first major success as a travel writer and its now considered a classic in the genre. It. I think youll find that is true in his latest book. It focuses on the people is because mexico itself but its a great journey south of the border, so we welcome today and we are going to have a kind of conversation about his book and i think for many of us the question to begin with is a why did you decide to go to mexico, is there something that appealed about it . Thank you for being here. Its a pleasure to be back. I was here four years ago i believe and i thought i had been to na
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