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Sy Safransky

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Sy Safransky is founder and editor emeritus of The Sun. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Poetry

Drops

September 1975
Editor’s Note

P.S. From The Editor

September 1975
Poetry

Other Histories

June 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Surviving The Symposium

We’re unsure whether to go. “I don’t want to hear about how we haven’t got much time left,” I lament.

June 1975
The Sun Interview

Death And Other Cures

An Interview With Dr. Lobsang Dolma

“Illness,” she says, “is caused by your own actions in this or a former lifetime. Killing, stealing, and lying can draw illness to yourself.” In one out of ten illnesses, she continues, an evil spirit is present.

June 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

An Open Letter To Ram Dass

It’s been more than a year since we met. Unless your recall is better than I imagine, I doubt you remember me. We talked for an hour; I was, ostensibly, interviewing you, for the first issue of THE SUN. In fact, I just wanted to be with you, and needed a good excuse.

April 1975
Poetry

If I Could Draw

April 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

The New Age: Who Dares Believe It?

I remember when we dressed in silks, all hair and bells and sweet hallucination, and the bird that rose in our chest we called freedom, and let fly. It was the demand air made of us, and we made a fashion of the wind, sweeping, gliding, curving it to our needs.

April 1975
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

A Primer On Friends, Family And Community

Friends: Not to be confused with admirers, or friendly faces, or lovers. No one has a lot of friends — at least, not good friends, and that’s the only kind.

April 1975
Editor’s Note

Let Us Know What You Think

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