Comments for Anne Bean

Comment on An Erasure by Tominda Adkins

Tominda Adkins — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:15:53 +0000

This. Is. Fantastic.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the Money page.

Comment on Proof of Higher Education by Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:21:07 +0000

You are brilliant!

Comment on Paradiso: structure by Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:23:23 +0000

Thank you for a picture which captures in a single view the structure of the Universe as envisioned by Dante. About Dante’s being a jerk — how do you get around that? I’m also writing a book about myself, in which people who have done injustice to me I ridicule as morally mediocre. But are they not so?

Comment on Interlude: The Narrator by Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 17 May 2011 00:03:38 +0000

I always associate paradise with pictures of tropical islands and all that the easy life on those islands entails. Right now, I am trying to figure out what my personal paradise would look like so that I can work to get there.

I enjoy these transcripts!

Comment on Interlude: The Narrator by Mr. Cole

Mr. Cole — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:51:18 +0000

Whoa, that’s such a deceptively simple question. I don’t think that I have one answer. Sometimes Paradise is being on stage, or waking up knowing I can sleep more if I want to. Starting and finishing books, promise and then consummation. I think I bring Paradise with me, and sometimes I turn the key and open it up to peer inside.

Comment on Jupiter, Part One by Anne Bean

Anne Bean — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:29:20 +0000

This is not my voice, either. This is interview transcription with mild editing. I did a series of interviews with women over 50 as part of my Dante project.

Comment on Another piece for class by mad meg

mad meg — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:27:36 +0000

To someone who was there, when you were not, doing exactly the same thing from an older perspective, this really speaks to me, Anne.

Watch me please. I plan to die a different way, not quite “in the saddle” but with focus and awareness.

Comment on Jupiter, Part One by mad meg

mad meg — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:16:52 +0000

This is writing that I connect with! Did you write it as the result of something? To me it just flows and I want to read more. Is there more?

Comment on The Divine Comedy by Anne Bean

Anne Bean — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:23:15 +0000

I think Purgatory is in some ways more messed up than Hell, because at least in Dante’s version, there’s equally terrible things happening, but they’re inflicted by angels, not demons.

Comment on The Divine Comedy by Angela

Angela — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:31:55 +0000

I think I remember that project, and what a cool idea I thought it was. I do hope it comes to fruition, and I’d love to read it at some point. I’m especially curious as to how you relate childhood to hell. I can sort of see parallels between the age breaks you mentioned and some aspects of hell, purgatory, and paradise, but it’s a vague thing in my mind, not terribly clear. Though, to be fair, I had a really hazy idea of what purgatory was until I talked to a nun friend of mine about specifically what the church teaches about it. Love to hear from you!