Summary
Friedman reminisces his first and only pilgrimage to the Miami home of the late Isaac Bashevis Singer. Here, He recalls his experiences with Singer when he was in his college days as well as how Singer inspired him in his writings.
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The Pilgrimage (Isaac B. Singer)
My first and only literary pilgrimage was to the Miami home of the late Isaac Bashevis Singer. It did not take much effort. I was in Miami at the time, the late seventies. The city was just waking up, after a long slumber. I'd thought about moving there until an artist friend dissuaded me with a raised eyebrow and a one-word comment:
"Rolerblades?"It was my mother, in the early fifties, who had first called my attention to Singer. He had been a speaker at her temple, the Young Israel of the Concourse in the Bronx. I don't recall her ever being so taken with a writer, or at least the physical presence of one. Normally, it was stage people who h...See the full content of this document
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