Some March

By Lee Barry

The most notable event in March that stands out from the others is the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the protests that took place around the world in the preceding and subsequent weeks. On the Saturday following, I attended a rally at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago and I've included a few photos with those entries, including a photo of a TV that I took of a Bush press conference which has become iconic (at least for me) in terms of the memory of the event. On that same day in March 2011, the US invaded Libya. On March 19, 2013, the 10th anniversary of the invasion. I wrote, "Watched some of the videos from those days and it's interesting that there's no sense of context or nostalgia--it could have happened yesterday. Ten years is not sufficient time to see differences; You need at least twenty years--a generation." It's ironic that I made no mention of it on the 20th anniversary. That's the real difference: younger people who have no memory of it won't be so tuned into the anniversaries of major historical inflections but are still affected by them regardless of direct memories.
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InSum is a personal diary "remixed" with the diaries of others (including fictional characters in the past and future) so as to highlight interesting chronological juxtapositions. It is the book version of the non-linear film which skips around in time in almost a random fashion, but is logical in some ways: For example, something happening in March 1967 would echo into March 2017 or even March 2047, or March 1867.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F47ZS1MH
• ISBN13: 9798316324538
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"