On Loitering
In Charles Moore’s iconic black-and-white photograph, Coretta looks on stoically, lips parted, hands clasped in front as her husband, Martin Luther King, has his right arm bent behind his back…
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Joseph Leff has published nonfiction in places such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Publisher’s Weekly, ZBackpacker and Black Belt as well as a great deal of poetry and short fiction. He lives in Santa Monica, CA and teaches writing at the Los Angeles Public Library.
Field Trip to the Earthquake Lab, 2010
The plan was not to cause an earthquake. The USGS would tell you that this is nearly impossible. They would tell you that humans are just too insignificant to affect the seismicity of our planet.
Tracking Quakes
I’d lived in California for over six years and still hadn’t experienced a quintessential California quake, still hadn’t come close to what Schopenhauer might call the “dynamic sublime,” the encounter with something powerful enough to destroy you.