Jason Stern - LIMINAL

Jason Stern

A Drive

I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was human, Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? —Rumi My son will have his license soon and won’t need me for transportation. It

Underworld Issue

Young Zeus

There was a time you let me know  What’s really going on below  But now you never show it to me, do you?  —Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah” When my children were little I read them a book called Young Zeus, an illustrated recapitulation of the early life of the mythical

A Familiar Path

A Familiar Path

I have traveled a good deal, in Concord. —Henry David Thoreau Walking a familiar path through the forest with a friend, we come to a pond. It’s called Duck Pond, though I have yet to see any ducks. Together we look for the copperheads that sometimes sun themselves on