There are several ongoing features here at The Cahokian:
1 Anti-Americana
A gallery of anti-American art: Posters, books, stamps, graphics, from around the world reflecting back at us what we have put out there. A lot of it, like a lot of what America has done to the world, is harsh and ugly. I don't necessarily endorse the viewpoint of these images, nor do I necessarily disavow them. No matter how mean-spirited the image, or how corrupt its issuing authority, chances are what was done to them by the United States is worse than a little name-calling back.
2 Echoes of a Past Life
These are essays or other writings by me, published over the years in other media, newly introduced and occasionally edited, on politics, travel, spirituality, and music.
3 Loteria
Cosmic meditations triggered by the colorful Mexican bingo cards.
4 Indianisms
As the descendants of immigrants, most of us Americans are confronted by the faces of the people we replaced here. Now the Native Americans inhabit our imaginations, our dreams, our fears. What does that say about us? About them?
Welcome to The Cahokian... A thousand years ago Cahokia — across the Mississippi from what is now St. Louis — was one of the biggest cities in the world. Now it's an empty green spot next to the highway. I'm a middle-aged gay man living in New York City, center of the world, future footnote on somebody's future map. Welcome to the new world.
