Category Archives: Juan Felipe Herrera

The universe, universes, the Big Blank of Nothing. Writing.  Where do you live? 5. Victrolas spends hundreds of hours on his writing. A sentence for example takes days. Victrolas  speaks of things no one speaks about. He says there is a copy of each one of us in a parallel universe — as we speak.Continue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 5”

Cortazar, streets, the future. Draw a map. What map? 4. I have a habit of sliding around in the Mission District since I’ve been in 4th grade. Harrison & 20th, Shotwell & 23rd, 16th & Mission St. One day I’ll live on San José Avenue between 24th & 25th, where Río, Yolanda and René live.Continue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 4”

Of all things, a 1964 VW van. What is inside, what is outside? What is this? 3. I have a ’64 VW van that I bought from Barbara Pash, somewhere near the Judah train line. 650 pesos. I gave it to Frank. He liked it. It had a wooden pop-up roof. Or maybe it wasContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 3”

Time, oceans, precious jewels, tortillas & hangouts, the City. Can you put them together? 2. “Johnni, you ever gone to El Capitan theatre kitty corner from here? It’s a parking lot now.” “Everything is a parking lot now.” I tell Frank. I used to go to El Capitan when I was 10. I don’t talkContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 2”

“Hooray for the Illogical” — Amy Uyematsu, from That Blue Trickster Time “Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures…” — Etheridge Knight, from “The Idea of Ancestry” “Something like chocolate egg clair.” What is Donut Land? You must decipher these 15 midnight moments, notes, conversations. Do not look for meaning, Do notContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 1”