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May 23, 1987
138 Prince St
NYC 10012

Dear Kathy,

Thanks so much for the slides and the nice long letter. (I wish I were better correspondent,but my writing energy tends to go into work). I was impressed by your work and was glad to see Anita Valencia's too. That [[underlined]]rapid[[/underlined]] run through ^[[slides]] you gave me was very helpful to give me some sense of what the Latino community is up to and I much appreciate your taking time away from that TV give me a tour!

I wasn't sure whether you meant me to keep the slides [[strikethrough]], but there were so many I picked a few and am returning the rest[[/strikethrough]]. Did you want all ^[[or any]] of them back? I'd love to have some of yours^[[\]]t^[[elision symbol]]o use in lectures,etc. The death theme is an obsession of mine too. A friend coming to my house here in Boulder remarked about all the skulls,snakes, and flowers – maybe it's just having turned fifty, but I think it's more about ^[[underlined]]hope[[/underlined]]. Where can I find the essay you mentioned about mourning and consolation at Palenque? A couple of months ago I went to a good lecture ^[[here]] by Eduardo Mantes Montezuma on pre-and post hispanic mexico and ^[[the]] cult of the dead,and it's certainly going to be a theme in the next book (which is, alas, years away, but am having a great time thinking about it and doing some reading.) I loved what you said in your letter about going to Mexico City. (My friend Pedro did go there and it had a similar effect on him. He's a grad student but actually a mature artist; he went to Libya on that peace mission in April and was really blown a way^[[/]]by ^[[the]] experience.)

It would be great to talk more. There is a vague chance that I might follow up on that suggestion of yours to be in San Antonio for el dia de los muertos, since there is a symposium in Austin on Nov.5 that I might go to. I hate making plans that far ahead,and yet have to, so I get maddeningly woozy about it all.But be warned ^[[–]] I may show up on your doorstep again. It would be wonderfuol to hang out with you on Nov.1 because it's obviously meant so much to you.
[[margin]] Hope Conjunto was a success! [[Image: Squiggly line separator]] [[/margin]]

I'm back in NYC June 15 (address above). Will get back in touch in the fall . All best, ^[[an]] abrazo, and thanks again--

[[signature]] Lucy [[/signature]]