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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After seeing the latest screen version of “Sense and Sensibility,” directed by Georgia Oakley, here in Tangier, I thought of this cover story I wrote about Emma Thompson when her version of the Jane Austen novel was released 30 years ago. It might be the best cover story I ever wrote there.
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SPECIAL EDITION: 10/1/26
EMMA THOMPSON
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of my life in Tangier is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I also write about Bob Mackie and Steven Kolb. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: 9/28/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN TANGIER
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I write about holding duality in the same space in this week’s LETTER FROM TANGIER which includes thoughts about the work of Catherine Opie, the Macklemore/Sheeran cultural narrative, James Baldwin, Maggie Smith, Joni Mitchell, & the synagogue around the corner from my place in the Petit Socco.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 9/23/26
Holding Duality in the Same Space
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of images with extended captions is up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It is subtitled this week “The Cat Days of Autumn, The Prophet Mohammad, Some Time in Tarifa, Then Back to Tangier.”
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PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: 9/17/26
The Cat Days of Autumn, The Prophet Mohammad, Some Time in Tarifa, Then Back to Tangier
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My latest WEEKEND RUBRICS is not up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It is subtitled “Judy, Judy, Judy … (And a One-Act Play by Jon Robin Baitz).” To read about the first Judith and read the play, click on the link. Thanks to Robbie for giving me permission to publish his remarkable one-act in my column.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 9/13/26
JUDY, JUDY, JUDY ... (And a One-Act Play by Jon Robin Baitz)
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My SPECIAL EDITION of SES/SUMS IT UP is about John Galliano, Anna Wintour and The Before Times.
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SPECIAL EDITION: 9/9/26
Galliano, Wintour, and The Before Times
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery - images of my life in Tangier with extended captions - is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: 9/5/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN TANGIER WITH A BYPATH BACK THROUGH PTOWN
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The latest SES/SUMS IT UP column is a SPECIAL EDITION. I profile Photographer Greg Gorman who also talks about some of the women in his portraits that run with the column - Diana Ross, Bette Davis, Sophia Loren, and Jamie Lee Curtis. That’s Grace Jones in the image below. .
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SPECIAL EDITION: 9/1/26
A Profile of Photographer Greg Gorman
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about Matisse and Islam and Dolly Parton and the arrest of 15 LGBTQ Moroccan citizens in Fez. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 8/28/26
Matisse, Mawlid, and Missing My-Lord Miss Dolly
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 8/23/26
A Roundabout Way to Get to Richard Burton ... and a Shorter Distance to a Trio of Others
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Check out my latest column over at Substack. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 8/19/26
Reading the Koran in a Dental Office, Knocking Neo-Segregationists, Acknowledging the Mystical Pull of Sufism, Celebrating an Anniversary, and Recording a Recitation of Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My latest PILGRIM'S PROGRESS column from SES/SUMS IT UP is now up.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 8/13/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN TANGIER
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My WEEKEND RUBRICS have now posted at SES/SUMS IT UP. I celebrate some August 1st birthdays. Check them out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 8/1/26
Happy Birthday to Herman Melville and Two Others on this First Day of August
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of images and observations from Tangier are now up at SE/SUMS IT UP. Check the out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 7/30/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN TANGIER
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
MY latest SES/SUMS IT UP column is a conversation with Kathryn Grody about her new one-person play, Palestinian rights, navigating transgender issues as a feminist, aging, string theory & parallel realities, her brother who was a Buddhist monk, and her first date with husband Mandy Patinkin.
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SPECIAL EDITION: 7/25/26
A CONVERSATION WITH KATHRYN GRODY
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This edition is about three female sculptors from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Check it out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 7/19/26
THREE FEMALE SANTA FE SCULPTORS
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I GUESS YOU’LL HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE LATEST COLUMN TO SEE WHO IS IN THAT PHOTO WITH ME. I WRITE A LOT ABOUT THE JULY 4TH PRODUCTION OF “DAMES AT SEA” HERE IN TANGIER. BUT A FEW OTHER THINGS AS WELL. CLICK ON THE LINK. THANKS.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 7/16/26
TANGIER and PROVINCETOWN
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Its subhead is “Passports, Platner, and Appropriation - or, Reconnecting with ‘The Angel’ and Dealing (in the Maine) with Other People's Demons While Denying One's Own.” Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 7/11/26
Passports, Platner, and Appropriation - or, Reconnecting with "The Angel" and Dealing (in the Maine) with Other People's Demons While Denying One's Own
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS at SES/SUMS IT UP is now up. It’s about my last few days in Ptown and my first few in Tangier. Check it out. Thanks so much.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 7/4/26
My Last June Days in Provincetown and My First Few July Ones in Tangier
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My latest SES/SUMS IT UP column. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM NYC AND PTOWN: 6/24/26
Theatre and Poets and America
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This week they are titled “Michelle and Michel and Michelle.” Check it out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 6/20/26
Michelle and Michel and Michelle
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery and captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It’s about my first few days in Ptown having arrived for its international film festival. But as always it’s a little bit about lots of stuff. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 6/17/26 *
A Gallery of My Life These First Few Days in Provincetown
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
David Hockney died yesterday. Today I remember him. I loved the guy.
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"BEAUTIFUL, THRILLING, & MYSTERIOUS"
David Hockney Said That If You See the World That Way, Then You Feel Quite Alive; Dear David Lived a Quite-Alive Life. I Loved the Guy.
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My lastest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery and captions is up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It’s about my last ten days in NYC. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 6/10/26
A Gallery of My Life in NYC the Last Ten Days
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at ~SES/SUMS IT UP. I’m in NYC right now so how could they not be about basketball - although I did go to a Yankees game today. Check them out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 6/7/26
Walt "Clyde" Frazier - And How Basketball Ties In to the 1973 Oscars and the 1973 Tonys, The Year which Was the Last Time the Knicks Won a Championship. Because ... You Know ... Everything Connects.
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My first LETTER from New York is a bit of a one-off because I had to write about my travel day from hell when I flew here from Berlin and arrived five hours late. But I managed yet again to make it about something else and learn the lesson it didn’t know it was teaching me. Check it out. Thanks
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LETTER FROM (THE MISSISSIPPI) DELTA: 6/2/26
Another One-Off Missive, This One about My Travel Day from Hell with Some Messages from Heaven or Wherever They Come From to Remind Me That Everything Connects
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I’ve been packing all evening - and sorting and cleaning my room etc - to catch an early morning flight from Berlin to NYC. But it was important to get this done.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 5/31/26
May, June, July
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My final LETTER from Germany is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about Berlin a Leipzig and Weimar. The subtitle: Bauhaus, Hujar, Newton, AirBnb, A Singing Circle, and a Seven-Year-Old Boy's First Ballet
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LETTER FROM BERLIN/LEIPZIG/WEIMAR: 5/30/26
Bauhaus, Hujar, Newton, AirBnb, A Singing Circle, and a Seven-Year-Old Boy's First Ballet
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of my life in Berlin and Leipzig is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It’s complicated. Check it out. Thanks
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 5/25/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN BERLIN & LEIPZIG
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My latest SES/SUMS IT UP column is now up. I call it a One-Off because instead of my usual weekly LETTER, it is a profile of the photographer Platon. The photo of me is at Bach’s tomb in Leipzig where I was this week. I write a bit about that too. Check it all out. Thanks.
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A ONE-OFF: 5/23/26
First an Explanation, Then a Profile of the British/Greek Photographer Platon and a Gallery of Some of His Work
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
My WEEKEND RUBRICS are up at SES/SUM IT UP. This weekend I remember Rex Reed. Check it out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 5/16/26
R.I.P. REX
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My weekly PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery about my life in Berlin is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 5/14/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN BERLIN
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My latest LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It is subtitled “Marlene Dietrich, King Charles, the Met Gala, ‘Der Teufel trägt Prada,’ the Racist Sophistry of John Roberts, and the Rise of America's Version of Fascism.” Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 5/10/26 *
Marlene Dietrich, King Charles, the Met Gala, "Der Teufel trägt Prada," the Racist Sophistry of John Roberts, and the Rise of America's Version of Fascism,
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery about my life in Berlin is up now at SES/SUMS IT UP. Oscar Wilde. My new 19-year-old flatmate from France named Quentin. One of the most remarkable feats of acting I’ve ever witnessed. And more …
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 5/7/26
A Gallery of My Life in Berlin
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My latest LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about May Day and George Baselitz and Christopher Isherwood. You can listen to Don Bachardy and me talking about Chris too. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 5/3/26
Remembering Baselitz & Isherwood & Brecht. Acknowledging May Day. And Listening to Don Bachardy.
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery about my life in Berlin is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/30/26
A Gallery of My Life in Berlin
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
WEEKEND RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. John Waters turned 80 on April 22nd, the day that Michael Tilson Thomas died.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 4/26/26
MTT (RIP) ... John Waters Turned 80 Years Old on the Day that Michael Tilson Thomas Died
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This week’s LETTER FROM BERLIN at SES/SUMS IT UP is a Special Edition one, a profile and interview with David Soares who is Berlin’s newest sensation having starred in the title role of the Staatsballett Berlin’s production of "Nureyev" which was banned by Putin in Moscow.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/25/26
SPECIAL EDITION: A Visit with David Soares, Berlin's Rudolf in Its "Nureyev." The Sold-Out Staatsballett Hit of the Putin-Banned Bolshoi Production Has Made Soares the City's Newest Star
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of my life in Berlin - and Potsdam - is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/20/26
A Gallery of My Life in Berlin and Potsdam
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My LETTER FROM POTSDAM is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This was a hard one to write. I had it all outlined but as I began to write it , it all changed on me. I hope you like it. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM POTSDAM: 4/18/26
Harry and Frederick and Eudora and Frederick and William and Frederick and Frederick and Merle
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
My latest PILGRIM’S PROGRESS gallery of images with detailed “captions” is not up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Click on the link. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/11/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN BERLIN
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My latest LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/9/26
Nodding off at "Nurejew," Wondering WTF at "Was ihr wolf," Marveling at Charlie Chaplin, Getting a Pronoun Right, Meeting a Woman Named Esther, and Rounding a Corner to What Awaited Me
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
My latest WEEKEND RUBRICS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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WEEKEND RUBRICS: 4/5/26
When in Berlin ...
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My first Pilgrim’s Progress gallery and column from Berlin is now up SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 4/3/26 *
A Gallery of my Life in Berlin
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My first LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/1/26
With a Postscript from London
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My first LETTER FROM BERLIN is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I also reviewed some shows in London from my last two weeks there. I apologize for the subscriber box layout screwup at the beginning of the column.
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LETTER FROM BERLIN: 4/1/26
With a Postscript from London
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest column is up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 3/25/26
A GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON - AND HOW THE ONLY WAY I COULD FIND TO MOVE FORWARD WAS FIRST TO FIND MY WAY TOWARD FORGIVENESS
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It contains an update about my stolen passport and a final curve thrown my way that I didn’t see coming. Check it out. Thanks
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 3/21/26
THE UNEXPECTED CURVE BALL I ENCOUNTERED AT THE US EMBASSY, THREE SHOWS FROM AMERICA THAT MADE ME HOMESICK FOR HOPE BUT NOT FOR IT, AND YET AGAIN SOMETHING ELSE UNEXPECTED: KINDNESS
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A special edition of my LETTER FROM LONDON. I hope you read it. It’s been a rough week so far but there has been a sense of grace too.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 3/18/26
A Police Report, An Emergency Appointment at the US Embassy, and the Kindness that Overwhelmed the Cruelty that had Overwhelmed Me
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kevinsessums.bsky.social @kevinsessums.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My PILGRIM'S PROGRESS column is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: 3/14/26
A WEEKLY GALLERY OF MY LIFE IN LONDON
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