William Blake once wrote that he could see the universe in a grain of sand. The readers of Dolores Park can be seen as a microcosmic mirror of a community, with their own loves, politics, and dreams.
Meet the Readers
Althea, a union organizer for grocery clerks, was reading The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. Jeremiah, who has been to both jail and college, was reading The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle by Rob Kenner.
Miranda from Sweden and Sebastian from San Francisco were reading Valencia by Michelle Tea, a book about lesbian life in San Francisco in the 1990s. Asher, a musician, was reading Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, a book about the ‘back to the land’ movement in Northern California.
A dancer from the San Francisco Ballet was reading El Infinito En Un Junco by Irene Vallejo, a book about the origins of language and writing in Mesopotamia. Another reader was enjoying The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, a book about the forms and varieties of love.
Original reporting: Mission Local — read the source article.
