Patrick Iber
Co-editor, Dissent Magazine. I teach history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Write books about Cold War culture and propaganda. Have written for the set of all publications that are not members of themselves
- Pepe Mújica has died, not unexpectedly, at age 89. A couple of years ago I had the chance to visit his famous little farm and listen to him reflect on life for a couple of hours www.bbc.com/news/article...
- The two things that I will never forget from the visit: first, Mújica story of being held in solitary confinement, unable to read for more than seven years. When he was finally permitted books, he was still forbidden from anything in the humanities or social sciences
- The second is this bench which sits outside the front door to the little house. It is made out of twist-off bottle caps strung together and was a gift to Pepe from patients at a mental hospital. When you wait to talk to him, you may sit there. The King of Spain sat there. Beautifully leveling.
- I think Josie's theory of neo-kayfabe is important not just for Democrats but for people outside the US to understand what is going on
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- @patrickiber.bsky.social I'm sorry, Patrick. I know you look up to him.
- Oh, thanks Gilbson. A fascinating person, I'm glad I got to meet him before he passed
- It’s the same thing with Madison. I covered a Michigan-Wisconsin game in 2018 and though I really like Ann Arbor, I wished it had been at Camp Randall
- Do a story on our women’s hockey team, there are layers and layers
- What is the point of words, one would like to know
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View full threadI haven't read it in decades, but there are still lines I can quote from memory.
- I read it to my kids a couple of years ago, holds up very well
- I think a lot about the line "You talk too much, but you're not saying anything" (which does not apply to you, Patrick!)
- Even granting that it doesn’t, is anyone listening?
- If they don't keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working."
- It’s my favorite book
