Dusty Pretzels A Relic Of Romania's 'Folk Capitalism'

Andrei Codrescu — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:21:00 +0000

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

After Hurricane Katrina, commentator Andrei Codrescu moved from New Orleans to the hills of Arkansas. He's lived many places since leaving Romania in the 1960s. And he recently discovered a pair of long-forgotten items that have been with him much of that time.

ANDREI CODRESCU, BYLINE: My study is full of in-between things, those objects you don't need, don't care to see again, but can't throw out; things that move out of sight until they go out of mind.