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(1) INSIDE STORY. In “Why I Write”: Samuel R. Delany scrolls through the reasons. This conversation appears in the Winter 2020 print issue of   . … I remember sitting on the steps of the embalming room at the back of the chapel in my father’s Harlem funeral parlor, watching Freddy, my father’s embalmer, working on the corpse of a tan woman with reddish hair stretched on her back on the white enamel surgical table with its drain and clamps… “How old is she?” I asked. “Twenty-...

Inviting place for americans who just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. youll remember travis mcgee, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. >> travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didnt want to do that anymore. now im on this piece of iron. >> anthony: bob, aka captain bob, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river. >> bob: we sit out he...

Was also an inviting place for americans who just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. youll remember travis mcgee novels, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. >> travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didnt want to do that anymore. now im on this piece of iron. >> anthony: bob desavedo, aka captain bob, however, is still here and still living on his boat in t...

This is more of a lifestyle choice for you. >> travis: it is. its got a machine shop on board. i kind of wanted to go down to the bahamas and let the boat pay for itself, earn its own keep. of course the economy tanked, now im living on it. [ laughter ] >> anthony: the steel hulled "achievement" doesnt do much moving around these days, but it might have to. who else lives like you? >> travis: it used to be very common. it is getting scarcer. >> anthony: how long do you think youve got? >> travis...

John d. mcdonald, youll remember travis, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. >> travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didnt want to do that anymore. now im on this piece of iron. >> anthony: bob, aka captain bob, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river. >> travis: we sit out here and we look like were enjoying ourselves, but it is really ...

Earn its own keep. of course the economy tanked, now im living on it. [ laughter ] >> anthony: the steel hulled achievement doesnt do much moving around these days, but it might have to soon. >> anthony: who else lives like you? >> travis: it used to be very common. it is getting scarcer. >> anthony: how long do you think youve got? >> travis: six months, a year? >> anthony: yeah. >> travis; that complex thats going up right there, you see the tower crane. we sit there and watch them put the bui...

Looking at that thing. all right. im going in. good god. >> women: yes or no? >> anthony: its delicious, but -- >> women: its a little much, right? >> anthony: theres no way this thing is holding together until the last bite. >> women: all right. i cant even get the whole thing. thats ridiculous. >> anthony: this is open until 4:00 a.m. so theres definitely a time of day when that seems like a perfectly reasonable idea. >> women: if you drink too much, this will pretty much take care of everythi...

>> anthony: long a refuge for people from all over the caribbean basin and latin america, miami was also an just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. if you have ever read the excellent travis mcgee novels, you will remember travis, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. >> travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didnt want to do that anymore. now im on this piec...

But yeah, its a good life. >> anthony: ive had many friends over the years who live on boats, work on boats, but these were just degenerate wind addicts. this is more of a lifestyle choice for you. >> travis: it is. its got a machine shop on board. i kind of wanted to go down to the bahamas and let the boat to earn its own keep. of course the economy tanked, now im living on it. [ laughter ] >> anthony: the 25-ton steel hulled achievement doesnt do much moving around these days, but it might hav...

America, miami was also an just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. if you have ever read the excellent travis mcgee novels, youll remember the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. >> travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didnt want to do that anymore. now im on this piece of iron. >> anthony: bob, aka captain bob, however, is still here and still living on his ...